Business Spotlight

Ronnie Krupa is a tutor supporting pupils and students in various subjects through school, college and university. Realising that her time is finite, she has launched Walron Ltd, a tutoring agency to scale the service. Ronnie shares her learnings, challenges and goals for the future with Brenda Hector.

In this interview with Brenda Hector of ActionCOACH, Sam shares her passion for making her customers feel confident and empowered and her strategies for creating a high-performing team in the clinic. While telling her story, she reveals several tips for success.

Rachel Fyfe of Tartan Competitions shares her entrepreneurship journey with Brenda Hector. Being self-employed has enabled Rachel and her husband to achieve a work: family-life balance.

In this Interview we hear from Neil Gordon of Aberdeenphoto.com, where he shares a lot about his thirty-six years experience as a photographer and how he actually started out with the plan of going into journalism at the age of eighteen, but ended up going into photography.

Meet Paul Haggath, the heart behind Symposium Coffee House. He shared his deeply personal stories with us, revealing how they’ve shaped his life and business in remarkable ways. Join us to learn how his journey has fueled his success and passion for great coffee. ☕️✨

Fraser Dunphy of Finesse Control Systems gives us some great insight on on the future of his industry and some sound advice for anyone wanting to start their own business.

Mark Ruston is in the business of Risk. STC Insiso provides Risk Control and Assurance services to globally diverse industries. In this interview with Brenda Hector of ActionCOACH, Mark discusses the challenges faced by businesses through energy transition and the adoption of Artificial Intelligence.

Graeme Gordon is Co-Founder and CEO at Aberdeen-based managed IT Services provider IFB. In this interview with Brenda Hector of ActionCOACH, Graeme discusses some of his beliefs and learnings about business

“There are no friends in business” Aidan Muir of Grampian Secure shares his business story, how he got into the business, how he’s scaling it and the challenges he’s overcoming to build a successful brand.

Bruce Skinner of Alto shares his business story. Including starting out as a franchisee, transitioning to an independent business, and parting ways with his business partner

Jill Reid of Outside Inhouse Legal describes how years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry can be of benefit to businesses involved in the transition to clean energy.

Sheryl Newman of Appetite for Business a niche Microsoft 365 consultancy to allow businesses to utilise Microsoft 365 effectively for their business.

Keith Harvey of UGP Global Energy, talks with Brenda Hector of ActionCoach and shares his wisdom from 30 years of entrepreneurship and the challenges associated with his current business in the green energy industry.

Charlie Cameron of AquaTerra Training shares his experience of transitioning from an employee to a company director.

Ryan Menzies, Founder and Managing Director of Aberdeen-based engineering firm Apollo shares his business journey.

Donna McWilliam of Electra Learning. Donna shares her journey as a business owner, global expansion and her goals for the future

Scott Mackinnon of Corton Clean discusses the challenges of running his specialist cleaning business..

Phil Anderson discusses his challenges in building the company Phil Anderson Financial Services. He shares the benefits of business coaching brought to him and his business.

Allan shares his experience of undertaking a management buy-out in 2014 and how he has grown the business and the team since and made the change to providing Software as a Service.

Anne-Marie Bain of Aberdeenshire Larder shares her experience of taking over as Director of the long-established family business and the challenges the company has faced through the global pandemic and recession.

Jai Aenugu of Tech Force shares his experience of starting and growing an IT business and focusing on Cyber Security.

Scott Anderson isn’t a business owner but he’s got some great tips for digital marketing that any business owner can learn from.

Garth Way, Director of Biosus Energy, gives us the tough truth of what it takes to run your own business.

Brenda Hector talks with Chinyere Adeniyi-Alade, Chief Executive of Grampian Credit Union. Chinyere shares the challenges of modernising a 30-year-old member-owned co-operative supporting the local community.

Tune in to my latest Business Spotlight with Deborah McCombie of DXDMedia. Learn about how she became a successful Business Owner, and how that led to our collaboration on the new suite of courses, Operations Mastery.

With extensive experience in the banking sector, Alex Drummond, the founder of Drummond Finance, embarked on a journey to make a difference.

“Achievable but ambitious goals.” These words from the greatest football manager of all time is what has inspired Jock to be success.

Jim Grimmer, the founder of P3 Business Care. Jim, a former police officer, was motivated to establish his business following a tragic occurrence that profoundly affected him.

Nicola Davidson, founder of Optimul and The Success Formula experienced tough personal challenges in 2020.

Duncan Sinclair of Aberdeen Sports Village chats with ActionCOACH Brenda Hector about his journey to his dream job and the challenges he faces

Andrew Alleway Managing Director of Tidy Green Clean shares his experience of building a successful franchise business in Scotland.

Stefania and her husband Rajesh Kumar had the vision to bring truly authentic Indian cuisine to Aberdeen, just like Rajesh enjoyed at home with his family in India.

General Manager of Maryculter House Hotel, Peter Walker, shares his passion for the hospitality industry, the satisfaction he gets from developing his workforce, and the challenges facing the hotel industry and specifically his historic hotel in Aberdeenshire

Kevin Gaffney is the CEO of DDK positioning, he’s an engineer at heart who is building a high-performing business through his high-performing team.

Andrew shares his journey from education to entrepreneurship. The former head teacher has built a business that brings Maths Mastery to young people across the globe.

Brian Murray of Take5 Catering chats with ActionCOACH Brenda Hector about the challenges facing the catering and hospitality industry in Aberdeen.

Husband and Wife team Harsha and Sophia Samarawickrama of Samaras Healthcare chat with Business Coach Brenda Hector about their journey to create their health and social care recruitment business.

Brenda Hector interviews Carol Rafferty, founder of start-up company Dentherapy. Carol discusses the challenges she faced in bringing her idea to life

Nathan Gore of GoreVega shares his journey with us from going from an apprentice to being the founder of his own business which now has over 200 team members.

Discover how Richard Knox the founder and CEO of Verlume tells us a lot about how having the right people around you can certainly make and improve a business, but more importantly, how we can learn from others.

Duncan Sim of Savanah Finance talks with Brenda Hector ActionCOACH. Duncan shares how he has built his outsourced finance company using a highly skilled team based in South Africa.

Freda Newton of Jacobite Cruises, the award-winning entrepreneur and champion for the Scottish tourist industry, talks candidly about her experiences as a business owner and the challenges she has overcome.

In this interview John talks in great depth about the current landscape of his industry, having a vision and how to meet that vision and the importance of learning and having a mentor by your side.