A conversation with entrepreneur Scott Murray from CRU Holdings, a collection of different businesses with some in the hospitality and the travel sectors. The one thing they all have in common, however, is the quality they deliver, each and every time. “We review each business on a weekly basis so we can see where things …

E08: Cru Holdings Read More »

A talk with Craig and Cheries Dutton from WildTrax, the Land Rover outdoor adventure hire business, about their motivation, innovation, and pursuit to provide excellent customer service and experience.   “It’s an incredibly rewarding industry. It’s because people are always so happy. The guests and the customers are happy whether you’re running a kayak rental company …

E07: Wildtrax Read More »

Ronald and Scott Gordon of Gordon Timber discuss the long history of the family business and the innovations and good practices that have made their Nairn sawmill business a resounding success.  “They say that manufacturing in the UK is dead. But we are here in the north of Scotland and very proud of the fact …

E06: Gordon Timber Read More »

A talk with Jim Mackenzie from the car dealership, Dicksons of Inverness, an independent business in a sector that’s dominated by national brands, and the importance of internal communication within the business. “I think the heart is the internal communication within the business, right from the top, right through the business. We make sure that …

E05: Dicksons of Inverness Read More »

A chat with Richard Jones and Sarah Mackenzie of the Farmer Jones Academy, a community interest company which is on a mission to inspire young people into careers by delivering training and development courses in farming, food and drink, personal development and business skills. “People had lost this connection between the food on the shelf …

E04: Farmer Jones Academy Read More »

Matthew Farmer of the GlenWyvis Distillery explains how the business has grown through community ownership. The distillery was funded in a very unconvential way, which provided a unique challenge in the early days of the operation. “It was entirely crowdfunded. And I think that when people hear that, they’re like, ‘Oh, like a portion of …

E03: GlenWyvis Distillery Read More »

Peter Doherty and Holly Morrison of Inverness Kart Raceway discuss the giving back social enterprise aspect of the business as a mentoring charity, by providing young people with new skills and future job opportunities. “We tend to employ people that it’s their first time job and they’re young and enthusiastic. No experience to then go …

E02: Inverness Kart Raceway Read More »

A talk with John Harvey McDonough of the Speyside Distillery, a small hand-built distillery nestled in the foothills of the Cairngorm mountains. Widely acknowledged to be the prettiest of all Scotland’s distilleries, Speyside still manufactures whisky the traditional way. “What we wanted to do was to embrace the local community and to make sure the …

E01: Speyside Distillery Read More »