BWS issue 36 November December 2015 | Page 39

BWS Awards shortlisters BUSINESS WOMEN SCOTLAND 37 AWARDS SPOTLIGHT: MEET SOME OF THE SHORTLISTERS ENCHANTED FOREST EARLY LEARNING Welcome to our magical world, where we provide award winning Early Learning and Childcare across Scotland. Established in Erskine in 2006, Enchanted Forest has over 9 years’ experience in providing services for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years and their families. Our commitment to going above and beyond has seen the Enchanted Forest magic grow. We now have 5 nurseries located in Erskine, Thornliebank, Greenock, Inverkip and Robroyston. We focus on enabling children to become leaders of their own learning, supporting staff in achieving their goals and fully involving parents/carers in ensuring their nursery is the best nursery. We place a huge emphasis on embracing continuous improvement in delivering improved outcomes for Scotland’s children and striving for Enchanted Forest to be the best place to grow up. Mariessa Devlin [email protected] 01475 745 794 www.enchantedforestnursery.co.uk TEFL UK ORG The UK’s largest and most accredited TEFL (Teaching English as a foreign language) course provider. Giving the necessary skills, classroom-confidence and qualifications to teach English abroad. Face-to-face and online training courses are available year round across the UK and Ireland and further afield. TEFL Org UK has grown six-fold since 2008 with staff based at the new head office in Inverness, and a whole host of classroom and online course tutors throughout the UK and abroad. Ongoing development of online courseware to keep up with the latest innovations in English language teaching and the development of a new on-demand health and wellbeing website is keeping TEFL Org UK busy into 2016. info@tefl.org.uk 01349 800 600 Twitter: @teflorguk www.tefl.org.uk Osborne Heath Osborne Heath is Scotland’s most talked about contract interiors and soft furnishings manufacturer. We work predominantly in the contract market, mostly in hotel and leisure, manufacturing and installing all types of soft furnishings including curtains, cushions, bed throws and whatever brings comfort and style. A passionate, driven bunch of people we are gaining a reputation for being the best at what we do UK-wide. We are delighted that we are winning projects on trust, quality and competitive pricing. We are more than happy to put design schemes together to suit all contract budgets and are absolutely brilliant at making very inexpensive fabrics look amazing - we make army blankets look luxurious! You can expect total commitment to quality and adherence to interior design specifications, help with fabric selection and other finishes to comply with fire retardancy regulations. Lesley Osborne, Director [email protected] 01259 215 555 07845460777 www.osborneheath.com PERFECT SERVICE SOLUTIONS Family firm Perfect Service Solutions provides specialist deep cleaning services and ventilation solutions for the food and facilities management industries. The company was founded in 2006 by managing director Simone Hart and her stepfather Eddie Tierney. The firm’s hygiene services include ductwork and ventilation cleaning for kitchen extract and indoor air systems, as well as deep cleaning of commercial kitchens, all carried out by skilled and fully qualified ductwork cleaning technicians and carries out regular work for some of the UK’s industry leaders such as Sodexo, McDonald’s and Bannatynes. The enterprising company is on the High Growth Pipeline with Scottish Enterprise while Simone is among a cohort of 20 entrepreneurs taking part in the Growth Advantage Programme (GAP) at Strathclyde Business School. Simone is also vice-chair of trade associations NAAD UK and the B&ES in Scotland. 01786 473840 www.perfectservicesolutions.co.uk