{"id":351,"date":"2016-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/"},"modified":"2016-12-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T00:00:00","slug":"scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland celebrates entrepreneurial success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Entrepreneur of the Year awarded to James Milne CBE, Chairman &amp; Managing Director, Balmoral Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year awarded to Chris Gauld, Chief Executive, Spark Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneurial Scotland, hosted its 20<sup>th<\/sup> annual dinner and awards last night (30 November 2016). The St Andrew\u2019s Day event was a celebration of entrepreneurial success, recognising the role of entrepreneurial leaders at all stages, and their vital contribution to developing a modern and successful Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was hosted by Stuart Cassells, a Saltire Fellow and founder of the international bagpipe phenomenon, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, and took place at the newly refurbished Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Glasgow. More than 500 of Scotland\u2019s most successful and respected entrepreneurial leaders attended the event, including members of Entrepreneurial Scotland, alumni of the Saltire programmes and Scotland\u2019s business community.<\/p>\n<p>In association with Deloitte and media partner, The Herald, Entrepreneurial Scotland\u2019s awards feature two elite categories: \u2018Entrepreneur of the Year\u2019 and \u2018Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year\u2019 \u2013 each honouring those individuals who have excelled in leading their organisations over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The Entrepreneur of the Year award was presented to James Milne CBE, Chairman and Managing Director of Balmoral Group.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Gauld, Chief Executive of Spark Energy, was announced as the Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandy Kennedy, Chief Executive of Entrepreneurial Scotland, <\/strong>said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAwards and achievements matter because they recognise skills, determination, talent, tenacity and hard work. They highlight excellence and, most importantly, they provide an opportunity to focus on the characteristics that we want to see more of for ourselves, our businesses and our communities. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am thrilled to congratulate both Jim and Chris. This year we received a tremendous response to the awards resulting in the highest-ever number of nominations. Each of the finalists was chosen after a rigorous judging process and they have emerged as Scotland\u2019s most successful entrepreneurial leaders.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The event was a celebration of entrepreneurship, recognising individuals at various stages of their own entrepreneurial journeys, as well as recognising their achievements. The event raised funds for the Saltire Foundation that aims to find, fuel and spark the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders \u2013 represented by several Saltire Alumni who were in the audience<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the Entrepreneur of the Year award was presented to Mike Loggie of Saltire Energy. Julie Wilson and Amy Livingstone, co-founders of Cheeky Chompers, were awarded Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard Slater, Partner and Head of Private Markets for Deloitte in Scotland, and a member of the judging panel for the 2016 awards, <\/strong>added:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCongratulations to all of the finalists and winners. This year we saw a real mixture of companies from a range of sectors on the shortlist for both awards, this is great news for Scotland, as the economy continues to diversify and breed new success stories.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUncertainty may be the word that currently pervades the Scottish economy \u2013 yet there are businesses, and people, who are finding ways to do incredible things, whatever the circumstances. The ambition and drive of Scotland\u2019s entrepreneurial community continues to thrive.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two years on from its launch, Entrepreneurial Scotland is one network that offers three tiers of membership \u2013 Leading, Growing and Emerging \u2013 giving members the right peer to peer experience at every stage of their entrepreneurial journeys. The Leading tier represents what was formerly known to many as the Exchange and remains a unique peer-to-peer network for founders, owners, MDs and CEOs. The Growing tier meets the needs of those who are running, growing and scaling up the businesses and the organisations they belong to. Finally, the Emerging tier represents what was formerly the Future Leaders network, and is for aspiring leaders and start-up business owners at the outset of their journeys.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneur of the Year awarded to James Milne CBE, Chairman &#038; Managing Director, Balmoral Group<\/p>\n<p>Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year awarded to Chris Gauld, Chief Executive, Spark Energy<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,7,17],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scotland celebrates entrepreneurial success - Spreng Thomson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scotland celebrates entrepreneurial success - Spreng Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Entrepreneur of the Year awarded to James Milne CBE, Chairman &amp; Managing Director, Balmoral Group Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year awarded to Chris Gauld, Chief Executive, Spark Energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spreng Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-01T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ES-Entrepreneur-of-the-Year-winners-2016.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3367\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dylan Macdonald\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sprengthomson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sprengthomson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dylan Macdonald\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/\",\"name\":\"Scotland celebrates entrepreneurial success - Spreng Thomson\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ES-Entrepreneur-of-the-Year-winners-2016.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-01T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-01T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/#\/schema\/person\/26ee5b118281322f5c2b8b18273f08db\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/scotland-celebrates-entrepreneurial-success\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ES-Entrepreneur-of-the-Year-winners-2016.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ES-Entrepreneur-of-the-Year-winners-2016.jpg\",\"width\":4924,\"height\":3367,\"caption\":\"FREE PICTURES : Entrepreneurial Scotland Annual Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 awards at the Double Tree by Hilton in Glasgow. 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