Big Wins for Women-led Businesses in Scotland

Businesses from across Scotland have been celebrated at this year’s Women’s Enterprise Scotland Awards 2024.

The ceremony, held at Glasgow’s voco Grand Central Hotel and attended by over 275 guests, got going with a keynote speech delivered by Sheila Flavell, techUK president and COO of FDM Group, before handing out awards to established and emerging businesses across ten categories.

The winners included Edinburgh-based events and marketing company YOURGB, led by Gilly Bain, which won Outstanding Business of the Year, and ThermaFY Eco Solutions, a home energy efficiency firm from the Scottish Borders, which won the Business Investment of the Year Award.

Other winners included Aesthetics Club, from East Dunbartonshire, which took the award for Growth Business of the Year, and space marketing firm AstroAgency, named Resilient Business of the Year.

Scotland’s island-based businesses were also well represented on the night, with Inga Elder of Image Orkney picking up the Inspiring Leader of the Year Award, and Jess Hartwell of Waternish-based SkyeSkyns being named Family Business Champion of the Year.

Carolyn Currie, CEO of Women’s Enterprise Scotland, said; “The Women’s Enterprise Scotland Awards showcase women business leaders who embody our country’s diverse, innovative and progressive business ecosystem.

“These visible and vocal leaders are Scotland’s future. They are entrepreneurial in spirit, and precise in action. These women are exactly the role models to inspire our next generation of business leaders. Seeing beyond boundaries, they are so key to closing the persistent gender gap in Scotland’s business landscape.”

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The full list of this year’s winners were:

Resilient Business of the Year

AstroAgency

Business to Watch of the Year

StrategyStory

Sustainable Business of the Year

Stitch the Gap CIC

Purpose-Led Business of the Year

MoneyMatiX

Family Business Champion of the Year

Jess Hartwell, SkyeSkyns

Start-up Business of the Year

ProfessorMe

Business Investment of the Year

ThermaFY Eco Solutions Ltd

Growth Business of the Year

The Aesthetics Club

Inspiring Leader of the Year

Inga Elder, Image Orkney Ltd

Outstanding Business of the Year

YOURGB

This year’s awards were supported by Business Gateway, QUICKBLOCK, Scottish Enterprise, Muckle Media, HFL Holistic Financial Leadership, N4 Partners LLP and The University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School.

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