FOR THE LADIES

Posted on 25 August 2014

MORAY BUSINESS WOMEN

Susan Longmuir, Chartered Architect and Head of Building Department, is the current Vice President of Moray Business Women (MBW), a club for business and professional women in and around Moray. MBW’s aim is to provide a network where women can come together in both a professional and social capacity. 

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month, members and guests come together and network over dinner. Each meeting is different, with either a focus on networking and getting to know your fellow members a bit better or with a guest speaker. Guest speakers will range from inspirational business women and men, to politicians and entrepreneurs.

September’s evening event will be Networking, Dinner & Talk from Josh Littlejohn of Social-Bite and Scottish Business Awards. Social-Bite: a social business, meaning that no matter how big it grows, no individual will ever get rich from the business as 100% profits go to charity and 25% workforce is made up of people with backgrounds of homelessness.Josh also founded the Scottish Business Awards, which have become the largest and most prestigious event in the UK, with 1700 business leaders attending representing over £100B turnover attending. Past speakers have included Sir Richard Branson, President Bill Clinton, Sir Bob Geldof and Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammed Yunus.

If you wish to come along to find out what Moray Business Women is all about, please do come and meet us. You will be made very welcome. You may be self employed, an employee or even both! If you are new to the club and a bit nervous about coming along to your first meeting or introducing yourself to our members, then don't worry, MBW will have committee members on hand to help. They will be there to help answer any questions you might have and will help introduce you to other members of the club. The event is being held at Mansefield Hotel, Elgin on Thursday 4th September 2014 from 7pm.

Please email Susan at susan@bowlts.com for more details. 

As well as monthly meetings, the club actively works with chosen charities each year to raise money for worthwhile causes. For 2014 the chosen charity is MACS Moray Area Cancer Support. Charity events in the past have included a charity race night, golf days. Last year was rounded off with our Charity Awards Ball, where the past year was celebrated and awards given for those women who excelled in their business and professional life.

MORAY BUSINESS WOMEN ANNUAL AWARDS

The 2014 Annual Awards are now open for entry. Professional and Businesswomen in Moray are being urged to showcase and celebrate their achievement by applying for the Moray Business Women Awards.

There are 3 categories of Awards:

• Moray Business Woman of the year
• Most Enterprising Business of the year 
• Member of Achievement

'Moray Business Woman' and 'Most Enterprising Business of the Year' are open to all professional and businesswomen in and around Moray, entry is free for club members and £15 for non-club members payable with each entry. Women can either nominate themselves or another Business.

The closing date for applications is Monday 22nd September 2014 and the results will be announced at the MBW Charity and Awards dinner on Saturday 25th October 2013 at the Mansefield Hotel, Elgin - hosted by  Nicky Marr.

This year the winner of 'Most Enterprising Business' will win a contribution to costs to attend the Association of Scottish Business Women Awards in 2014. MBW President 2014 Carole Small said: “Moray Business Women Awards both celebrate and showcase the achievement of Moray women from all sectors. The diversity and standard of business is outstanding and is therefore rightfully recognised. We encourage all to apply, including previous applicants, winners and finalists."

For more information and to download application/nomination forms please go to the MBW website. 

HIGHLAND BUSINESS WOMEN’S CLUB

For those ladies working in the Highlands there is a sister club Highland Business Women’s Club for women in business across the Highlands, both employed and self employed.  

Like MBW, this club provides opportunities for women at work and in business to network, share experiences and knowledge and create a positive impact on Highland business community by raising the profile of HBWC’s members within and beyond the network. Please refer to the HBW website for more details.