| Over 500 companies from across Scotland are taking part in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, which is run by the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust (PSYBT) and the Royal Bank of Scotland. The competition is open to firms that were set-up with support from the PSYBT.
Tayside firms Dynamo Games and Foresterseat Caravan Park will both compete in a series of regional finals over the next two months for a place in the national final in November.
Dynamo Games is based in Dundee and was founded three years ago by computer graduates Brian McNicoll, Stuart Anderson and Stuart Reid.
The company recently launched a mobile phone version of the popular football management simulator Championship Manager 5.
They have already tasted success in two other business competitions, winning Shell Livewire and the University of Dundee’s Serious Business awards.
Foresterseat Caravan Park was founded in Angus by 26- year-old Emma Laird, who overcame a serious brain injury to set-up her award-winning business outside Forfar.
Three years ago she was involved in a skiing accident in France, which resulted in her having to learn to read and write again.
However, once her recuperation was complete, she started the caravan park, which has already received a four-star rating from VisitScotland and a David Bellamy Conservation Gold award.
The two businesses will be judged by a panel of judges selected from the local business community for the right to be among the six from across Scotland who make it to the final. |
