Entrepreneurship Edinburgh
A rich entrepreneurial spirit underpins
Edinburgh's economic success and international reputation for
innovation. The Inspiring Capital and wider city region are home to
hundreds of entrepreneurs who have grown their ideas into
successful businesses and are now helping others follow their lead.
These include:
- Sir Bill Gammell (Cairn Energy)
- Gerry O'Neill (Vebnet)
- Dr Sandy Nairn (Edinburgh Partners)
- Walter Nimmo (Inveresk Research)
- Keith Miller (Miller Group)
- Sir Tom Farmer (Kwik-Fit, Farmer Autocare)
- Jim Spowart (Intelligent Finance, People'sChampion.com)
- Oliver Vellacott (IndigoVision)
- Mark Tyndall (Artemis)
- James Barnes (Dobbies Garden Centres)
- Douglas Anderson (Optos)
- Tasos Symeonides (Axios)
- Margaret Lang (Intelligent Office UK)
- Mary Campbell (Blas)
- Peter Grant (Grant Management).
A report by research firm Library
House named Scotland the UK's most entrepreneurial region
because it had more venture-capital backed companies per head of
population (54) than London (53). The Scottish contingent attracted
an average £3.2m investment per company.
