A SEARCH to find Scotland’s start-up business of the year was launched today.
Virgin StartUp opened its inaugural competition to start-up businesses and entrepreneurs, with one of the prizes being support from a leading Scottish law firm.
The top ten finalists will be shortlisted in February, with the winner revealed in March.
Judging the process are four of Scotland’s most renowned entrepreneurs – Jackie Waring, Leah Hutcheon, Bob Kieller and Cally Russell – who will also mentor the overall winner as part of the “money can’t buy” prizes on offer to all ten finalists.
Scotland’s Business Minister Paul Wheelhouse said: “Scotland has a proud tradition of entrepreneurship, and today we have the highest number of registered businesses recorded in Scotland since records began.
“This is a trend that we would like to see continue and I am delighted that Virgin StartUp continue to contribute so positively to entrepreneurship in Scotland.”
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here