News Articles

WBS General Knowledge Quiz

Friday Afternoon Fun…… with a bit of light entertainment by the WBS team The rules are simple, we have complied 20 general knowledge questions which you have a around 20 seconds to answer each. To join in link: https://zoom.us/j/870591896 no cheating, that meas no googling 🙂 the winners will receive …

WBS member secures £100K Loan Supports Expansion of Rural Health and Well-Being Facility in Perth and Kinross

07 Apr 2020 Situated in the idyllic countryside of Newburgh, PlayPlus Ltd, trading as The Treehouse and Optimise Health and Fitness, is a bustling hub which provides family friendly attractions such as an indoor soft play, a welcoming café, various exercise classes and childcare facilities to support parents looking to…

Firms Urged To Embrace New IDEAS

What prevents us from being innovative in the workplace, and how we can demolish the barriers? One of America’s top innovation experts, inventor, researcher and educator Doug Hall will exclusively reveal the results of his recent survey of businesspeople throughout the UK, USA and Canada when he addresses delegates at…

Innovation expert sets sights on boosting Scottish business

One of America’s top innovation experts has paid tribute to the willingness of Scots to be “open to learning in a new way” as he prepares to deliver a keynote speech at an event in Dundee next month. Doug Hall, a former master marketing inventor at Proctor and Gamble, will…

Enterprise Conversation 2020, featuring Doug Hall!

WORLD-RENOWNED SPEAKER TO ADDRESS ‘THE ENTERPRISE CONVERSATION’ One of America’s top innovation experts will arm businesses with the skills to increase innovation while decreasing risk when he addresses a major event in Dundee in March. Inventor, researcher and educator Doug Hall is the keynote speaker at The Enterprise Conversation, hosted…

Women’s Business Station Awarded £10,000 from Tampax Tax Fund!

£10K BOOST TO EMPOWER DUNDEE’S MOST VULNERABLE WOMEN Some of Dundee’s most vulnerable women are to benefit from a £10,000 grant awarded to a new social enterprise. Women’s Business Station, which launched in November 2019, has been awarded funding by the Government’s Tampon Tax Community Fund for a project aimed…

NEW Book Launch by Liz Oliver – Fastracker 2018

THE CHANGE EQUATION (A simple, practical and profound approach to mastering change) The start of any new year is typically a time for thinking anew, and even more so at the start of a new decade. Yet despite our initial enthusiasm and grand plans, our great intentions tend to…

SCOTLAND’S FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS TO GET ON TRACK AS ‘WOMEN’S BUSINESS STATION’ LAUNCHED

An ambitious, national programme aimed at supporting thousands of women on their business journey was launched in Dundee today (Friday 29 November 2019). Women’s Business Station continues the legacy of the highly successful and award-winning Coca-Cola 5by20 Dundee programme which, since 2017, has supported over 170 women, over 90 of…

100 local businesses to take part in Dundee’s largest ever festive market

Around 100 local businesses will take place in the largest festive market Dundee has ever seen. The three-day market will take place in Wellgate Shopping Centre from November 29 to December 1. The event has been organised by Women’s Business Station – a new group that will continue the work…

City’s female entrepreneur programme to continue

A Dundee-based female entrepreneurship programme will continue to operate after funding from Coca-Cola runs out at the end of this year. The Coca-Cola 5by20 programme was established with the aim of economically empowering five million women across the world by 2020. Since being set up in Dundee three years ago,…