{"id":8231,"date":"2026-10-20T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/scotland\/?p=8231"},"modified":"2026-10-20T13:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:47:26","slug":"shortlist-revealed-for-scottish-growth-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/scotland\/news\/8231-shortlist-revealed-for-scottish-growth-awards","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist revealed for Scottish Growth Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shortlist for Scottish Growth Awards has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The event celebrates companies that have expanded, acquired other businesses, or broken into international markets, alongside the leaders and teams behind their success.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural awards are organised by TheBusinessDesk.com in partnership with Brown Shipley. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Kimpton hotel in Edinburgh on 29 April 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/Scotland-growth-sponsors-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/Scotland-growth-sponsors-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/Scotland-growth-sponsors-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/Scotland-growth-sponsors-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/Scotland-growth-sponsors-200x100.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/Scotland-growth-sponsors-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/Scotland-growth-sponsors-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/oct_26\/Scotland-growth-sponsors.png 1356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shortlist:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breakthrough of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ArcProperty Management and Lettings<\/li>\n<li>Capella Charity<\/li>\n<li>SolarSub<\/li>\n<li>Chemify<\/li>\n<li>The Solutions on Demand Group<\/li>\n<li>Midton<\/li>\n<li>Circulus CRM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scale-Up of the Year (up to \u00a310m)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aveni<\/li>\n<li>Your Shortlist Original t\/a Synlata<\/li>\n<li>VAT &amp; Indirect Tax Advisors (VITA)<\/li>\n<li>Craft Prospect<\/li>\n<li>Vantage Windows and Doors<\/li>\n<li>The Solutions on Demand Group<\/li>\n<li>Strachan and Kemp Facilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scale-Up of the Year (\u00a310m+)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Utopi<\/li>\n<li>Hampden Bank<\/li>\n<li>PG Paper Company<\/li>\n<li>AYDYA<\/li>\n<li>Chemify<\/li>\n<li>Quorum Cyber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Growth Through Acquisition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2i<\/li>\n<li>Newton Property Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>International Growth Story of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ArcProperty Management and Lettings<\/li>\n<li>PG Paper Company<\/li>\n<li>AYDYA<\/li>\n<li>Clarus Networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Finance and Commercial Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SolarSub<\/li>\n<li>Commsworld<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Emerging Growth Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Denyer, Aspire Bidding<\/li>\n<li>Maya Vertigans, Planner Bee VA Services<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Goldie, Newton Property Management<\/li>\n<li>Cheryl Connaghan, Strachan and Kemp Facilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Growth Leader of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Greenland, Craft Prospect<\/li>\n<li>Steve Langmead, Commsworld<\/li>\n<li>Susan Aktemel, Homes for Good<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u200bGrowth Business of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be announced at the awards evening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to book tickets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.growthawards.uk\/scotland\">visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on the 29th of April in Edinburgh to find out who&#8217;s going to win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278857,"featured_media":8232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57364,120784],"coauthors":[137126],"class_list":["post-8231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-events","tag-featured-story","tag-scotland","tag-top-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shortlist revealed for Scottish Growth Awards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Join us on the 29th of April in Edinburgh to find out 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