14 . Glasgow Business February 2016


MEMBER NEWS Official opening


New global headquarters for


Kelvin TOP-SET Kelvin TOP-SET officially celebrated the opening of its new global headquarters, with a champagne reception at the Annickbank Innovation Campus in Irvine recently. With around 70 guests in the building, the day was a great opportunity for both celebration and networking. There was even a cake sculpted in the shape of the new office building! Brian Harris, former Joint Managing Director for ICI Nobel’s Explosives Company at Ardeer, made the official opening speech. Group Managing Director,


David Ramsay, then presented a short history of the


company and indicated how the company hopes to continue to expand further. In the afternoon, a series


of interactive workshops were provided free of charge to a select number of local business representatives to give a flavour of the range of incident investigation and Root Cause Analysis courses, products, services and software that Kelvin TOP-SET can currently provide. The workshops were well received by all and the day was a resounding success.


Brian Harris cutting the ribbon


Little’s was crowned Small to Medium Sized Family Business of the Year at The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards 2015


Award-winning


Little’s keeps it in the family with top business award


Chauffeur drive company Little’s is celebrating success at The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards 2015, where it was crowned Small to Medium Sized Family Business of the Year. These prestigious awards


recognise Scotland’s diverse and dynamic family business sector and the contribution family-run firms make to their communities and to the wider economy. As a successful family business of


almost 50 years standing, the judges were impressed by Little’s ability to deliver a programme of technological innovation and modernisation with


Mentoring


Judges praise entrepreneur


and author The cream of Scottish female business talent gathered at the Old Fruitmarket recently to celebrate both business success and entrepreneurial flair in a pioneering awards event hosted by Business Women Scotland (BWS) Magazine. Glasgow entrepreneur,


speaker and author Christine McGrory of The Key was the worthy winner of the Business Mentor of the Year award. The BWS judging panel selected Christine because of the diversity in her mentoring experiences, covering the public, private and third sectors, both small and large organisations, with


Christine McGrory was presented with her award by Margaret Gibson, Chief Executive of Women’s Enterprise Scotland, who had helped select the shortlist


those mentored consistently describing her as inspiring, passionate and energetic. They were impressed that,


in her role as mentor, she had been responsible for helping a number of start-up businesses within Scotland, inspiring and supporting individuals to ‘follow their dream’, especially encouraging women to grow their business, their confidence and their skills.


no compromise to their traditional values of exceptional service and attention to detail. Little’s was founded in 1966 by


brothers George and Mike Wills with an ambition to offer a world-class service and today it is managed by George’s daughter, Managing Director Heather Matthews. As well as being impressed by


Little’s focus on innovation, judges recognised the importance of the company’s expansion of services into global markets, allowing them to manage high-profile conferences and events in burgeoning markets such as the Far and Middle East.


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