Drew Hendry

Kurtis McMillan grew up between Zimbabwe, London and Liverpool before making a deliberate choice to return to the Highlands as a teenager, the place where he felt he belonged. What began with his grandparents putting him to work in the garden has become Ar Gàradh CIC, a new community interest company using commercial gardening contracts […]

Willie Cameron and Fraser Campbell have been building Cobbs Group together since 1990. What started with a handshake over an empty hotel on the shores of Loch Ness has grown into one of the Highlands’ most enduring hospitality businesses, a company named after a speed record holder who never held the record, and a story […]

Infrastructure skills training in the Highlands has never been more urgent. The region is on the edge of one of the biggest buildouts this country has ever seen – over 250 projects, more than £100 billion of investment, and at peak a projected need for 16,000 additional construction workers. The problem, as Callum McIntosh puts […]

Clare Lock has run Clockstudio, a graphic design studio on the Moray Coast in the Scottish Highlands, for 25 years. Building a creative business in Highland Scotland on your own terms is not a common story. Clare has done exactly that – and this conversation gets into how. She started in Oxford, built relationships with […]

Olivia Grant is 23 years old, sixth generation in the Highlands, and the driving force behind the community buyout of Foyers Stores – the only shop serving 800 people along a 35-mile stretch of Loch Ness-side road. When the store faced closure, Olivia did not wait for someone else to fix it. She submitted a […]

Karen Simpson, founder of My Primary and Secondary Tutor, joins Drew Hendry on the Growth for Good podcast to discuss building a high-standards tutoring business in Inverness, co-founding Tutors Alliance Scotland, and her vision for equitable access to quality tutoring across Scotland.

In this Growth for Good podcast episode, Drew Hendry interviews Geoff Todd, founder of Farsight Digital Solutions, about building better business systems through ethical AI and automation. Geoff shares his unique journey from studying philosophy to becoming a systems consultant, explaining how analytical thinking and questioning assumptions are crucial for understanding business operations.

In this episode of the Growth for Good podcast, Libby McDonald, founder of We Are Thryve, shares her journey from Highland care homes to HR consultancy and how she’s helping businesses move from surviving to thriving through people-first leadership. Key Takeaways:

d and h Law is changing what legal support feels like in the north of Scotland, placing people, clarity, and trust at the centre of every case. In this conversation, Drew Hendry speaks with Serena about providing high quality family law, guardianships, conveyancing, and private client services, rooted in the communities of the Highlands and […]

In this episode, Drew is joined by Laura Johnson Scott from the Highland Wellness Collective. Laura shares her journey from being a community dance artist to founding a social enterprise that combines creativity, community, and mental health support. She discusses how the Highlands Wellness Collective offers accessible mental health services, including counselling, dance classes, and […]