This summer, LINIAN Managing Director Ian Arbuckle was selected as one of 20 ‘Business Stars’ for the Unlocking Ambition Challenge to find Scotland’s next business success story. From 6^th-8^th November, Ian will be heading to City Hall, London to attend lunch with the Deputy Mayor of London at the next event for the Scotland CAN DO Unlocking Ambition Challenge. The first twenty candidates to receive Unlocking Ambition support were announced in June by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Every year, this programme aims to nurture and support these 20 entrepreneurs with high potential who can demonstrate that their ideas can be a success, create jobs and benefit Scottish society. LINIAN are extremely proud to have been selected to take part in this scheme, which focuses on nurturing and supporting innovators, academics and researches with entrepreneurial potential and innovative business ideas. The programme is led by The Royal Society of Edinburgh with support from Scottish Enterprise, based on the highly successful Enterprise Fellowship that the RSE has been running for over 20 years. This cutting -edge programme is tailored to fit the requirements of each business, covering topics such as financial plans, business plans, investor pitching, building teams and scaling businesses. Vast international expansion is a on the horizon for LINIAN. We currently have stockists throughout the UK, South Africa, Estonia and Ireland and are currently pursuing further international partnerships, therefore are excited to see what this programme brings! What does this mean for LINIAN? The unlocking ambition programme has been a fantastic experience and already contributed to LINIANs and my own personal development. The London event is packed with a full agenda with some very unique once in a lifetime experience. I am extremely excited to be a part of it. – Ian Arbuckle About LINIAN LINIAN is a family owned and run pioneering business based in Scotland, a country renowned for its extraordinary heritage in innovation and invention the world over. Specialising in the manufacture and distribution of patented fire rated cable clips to make cable installations faster, safer and simpler. The result of years of advanced technical research and direct experience, the LINIAN fire rated cable clip is a unique single component design, meaning that there are no screws, nails, washers or plastic in the substrate meaning significant advantages to the installer to save time, money and lives. To find out more about our upcoming news, SIGN UP TO OUR MAILING LIST