The SME300  Awards recognises the  exceptional achievements  of Scottish companies in a number of areas including leadership, innovation and focus. Also recognised are the people who continue to drive Scotland’s SME sector forward. >Award categories  

SME300 Awards 2010

At  the 2010  award ceremony, held  in November, Petroleum Experts were named Company of the Year picking up awards for Best Medium SME and Most Focused SME company. The judges and our partners who visited the company were blown away with the achievements and vision of the owners of this business.

Gareth Magee presents Petroleum Experts Director Hamid with Company of the Year award.

Stewart MacDonald presented Andy Lothian with the award for Leadership.

Other winners on the night included Insights, Director Andy Lothian  was awarded  for his Leadership of the company.  He remarked that it was easy when you had good people to lead, paying tribute to his staff. Contract Scotland, who provide specialist recruitment services for the construction industry,  collected the Best Employer award. The award for Best Small SME went to Optima Solutions, an Aberdeen based company who provide rig cooling  operations to over 25 countries globally.   

The last two awards, Best Newcomer and Fastest Growing Company, which are statistical categories based on company results were awarded to Zenith Oilfield  Services and Ria Capital Services respectively.

Louise Minchin hosted the evening and speeches were heard from Lord Charlie Falconer and our Business Advisory Partner Donald Forsyth. It was a great event which rewarded those who thoroughly deserve the recognition.

Louise Minchin, host of the Awards.

Lord Falconer delivered an amusing but  meaningful speech.

Donald Forsyth spoke about his experiences with SMEs & in the US.

Click here to view  all  the 2010 nominations    

Launched in 2007

The Scottish Business Insider and Scott-Moncrieff Enterprise 250 Awards received a warm reception when they were launched in 2007. The awards recognised the achievement of Scotland’s best performing smaller companies which had a turnover of between £5M – £15M and owned and headquartered in Scotland. >review E250 2008

From 2009 the awards were renamed the SME 300 Awards   as  we were  keen to recognise the achievements and the contribution larger  SMEs make to Scotland's economy.  To do this we increased the upper end of turnover band to £20m.

The Awards are presented each year at a high quality dinner attended by the key players in the Scottish SME marketplace.