Two of Scotland’s brightest young female entrepreneurs will share the stories of their business growth at an event designed to inform and inspire Scotland’s SME community. Petra Wetzel of WEST Beer will describe her success in developing a brewery and chain of bars in Scotland despite setting out “knowing nothing about beer”, while Leah Hutcheon […]

The 2008 financial crisis changed banking forever. Following the bailouts and chaos, banks now operate under much greater regulatory scrutiny and have to meet much higher liquidity requirements which has, in turn, diminished their willingness to lend. Industry research indicates that SMEs accounted for 99 per cent of private sector businesses in the UK in […]