THE good times continue to roll for BrewDog, the Aberdeenshire-based brewer and bar operator, after co-founder James Watt was named entrepreneur of the year at The Scottish Business Awards.
Mr Watt was given the award at a high-profile event in Edinburgh, where former US president Bill Clinton last night addressed 1700 guests from the business community.
The accolade came just two days after BrewDog unveiled plans to raise £4 million from private investors to fuel the firm's growth.
The event, held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), was organised by 26 year old entrepreneur Josh Littlejohn. It saw honours given to a total of 18 players from the Scottish business scene.
Stagecoach co-founder Sir Brian Souter received an award for outstanding contribution to Scottish business, while Edinburgh-based logistics firm John Menzies was named Scottish plc of the year.
Alfie Cheyne of Aberdeenshire's Ace Winches was named CEO of the year, Jim Duffy of Entrepreneurial Spark in Glasgow won the social entrepreneur category, and Rabinder Buttar of Clintec International, also based in Glasgow, was named female entrepreneur of the year.
The corporate social responsibility award went to Johnson and Johnson Medical, Caledonian MacBrayne triumphed for customer focus, and the title for employer of the year went Life Technologies in Paisley.
Taking the honours in the family business of the year category was Argyll Holidays, Glasgow-based Scottish Friendly Assurance emerged victorious in the financial services award, Cala Group won the award for marketing and there were wins for Stagecoach (green business of the year) and Blantyre's Advance Construction (growth strategy).
The other winners announced on the night were Aberdeen-based oil services giant John Wood Group (international business), Glasgow's The Service Directory (new business), Aberdeen's Flexicon Europe (new product), Edinburgh's FanDual (online business) and car retailer Arnold Clark (overall company of the year).
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