NEW START // ISSUE 6 // 15

SHOW NEWS 2009 KEY SPEAKERS

Sir Tom Farmer OBE KCSG, probably Scotland’s best known entrepreneur. He founded Kwik-Fit in 1971 and sold it to The Ford Motor Company in 1999, for £1.2 Billion. He has received an outstanding list of honours and awards, and currently has a range of business interests including investments in new business start-ups.

Dr Marilyn Orcharton set up Denplan, the UK’s leading dental healthcare plan in 1986, it sold for £40 million pounds in 1993. Since then she has dedicated a great deal of her time to assisting small business and start-ups to grow and develop, both in the UK and abroad.

Oli Norman has an infectious enthusiasm for business, he has been Young Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year, owns Sloans, Glasgow’s oldest bar and restaurant, runs DADA an award winning PR and events company and has still found the time to star in Channel Four’s ‘Tricky Business’ and BBC3’s ‘The Last Millionaire’.

27th & 28th MARCH 2009, SECC www.newstartscotland.com

WHY EXHIBIT? ‘Having exhibited for the past four years, we are

continuously impressed by the quality of visitors and level of traffic to our stand. We’ve secured important clients from the event, and the professionalism of the show makes New Start Scotland a ‘must’ for us.’

NATHAN BRAY, MAMUT SOFTWARE

‘We found the exhibition to be very beneficial to our business, the response over the two days was beyond our expectations and we would fully recommend any company to consider promoting their business this way.’

IAN PALTIEL, INTERNET CREATION LTD

‘I was truly inspired.’ JENI MCCABE, SCRS

WHY VISIT?

‘All the information on offer gave me the push I needed take the plunge, jack in my job and launch my own business.’

OLWEN JONES, THE MONEY TREE

‘We were really impressed by last year’s New Start Scotland exhibition and all the information that was on offer. We decided that returning to the show as exhibitors this year was the perfect opportunity to showcase our business to the people who will benefit from it the most.’

DAMIEN MILLER, AQUILLO GROUP