We are excited to announce the first confirmed speakers for YCF’s annual conference – Teams and Team Building, Friday 13th September 2019, Sheraton Grand Hotel, Edinburgh Chris Wardle, Foresight Group…
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Eight aspirational female-led Scottish companies have been shortlisted as finalists for this year’s AccelerateHER Awards. They include Glasgow-based businesses All Day Designs, makers of a toddler pushchair which converts into…
Teams and Team Building – Friday 13th September 2019, Sheraton Grand Hotel, Edinburgh Investors almost without exception talk about judging a company by the quality of its team before committing…
Two Scottish investor groups have reported record activity recently A busy time for Par Equity Par Equity recently announced that it had closed investments worth almost £5 million over a…
Readers may have noticed some unfamiliar names in this month’s issue. On closer inspection two of these are familiar in their previous guises – Oodls was until recently Pixey, and…
YCF’s readers are encouraged to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the objectives and structure of the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) The Scottish Government’s 2017-18 Programme for Government…
Seed Haus invests at the pre-seed stage in “outstanding founders and pre-founders tackling real problems, in large markets”. Founded by Calum Forsyth, CEO, and Robin Knox, chairman, the initiative was…
In September, our annual conference programme focused on ‘Standing Out from the Crowd’ and included a fantastic array of inspiring presentations by speakers from well-established businesses; discussing how companies can…
Standing out from the crowd Each year YCF’s annual conference takes a broad theme that gives a variety of speakers the opportunity to set out their own knowledge or experience...
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Stepping up next in our Showcase series is Tissue Solutions, a Queens Award winning business for the medical research sector. Commanded by CEO Morag McFarlane, this medical start-up provides top…