Michael Brown and Daniel Jones (both 24) were inspired to start-up their online take-away service in 2010 during their final year at Heriot Watt University, due to the lack of career prospects for graduates.

Sarah designs and makes her own chocolates at a small production facility in Cumbernauld and sells them under her brand name, Miss COCO.

Award winning Scottish designer Judy R Clark is famed for her exquisite womenswear designs which comprise of Harris Tweed, vintage lace and sumptuous silks.

The DfE now has five Head Office sites in London, Darlington, Coventry, Sheffield and Runcorn and by April 2012 this will rise to nine. Most of the office space is run on a “hot-desking” basis where people don’t have a “home” desk as such and are encouraged to sit where and with whom they need to on any particular day

H&M is one company which is reaping the benefits of employing working mums.

IKEA is in the business of learning about people’s lives at home and their needs, wants and dreams and they have been busy reformatting all their showrooms to reflect this. But not only is it looking into consumers’ needs, but it is regularly reviewing its family friendly working policies for its employees who it sees as vital for its success.

South Ayrshire Council, like many other Scottish local authorities, needed to embrace flexible and remote working to help the Council make savings on real estate, travel and communications costs and improve productivity.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) adopted a flexible working policy in 2002 which goes further than the legislation by allowing all staff to apply for flexible working options, not just parents.

MacRoberts LLP is one of Scotland’s pre-eminent law firms, with 40 plus partners and 300 staff working from offices in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. The firms clients include leading UK and international businesses, financial institutions, public sector organisations and private individuals.

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, COSLA, plays a representative role for Scotland’s 32 councils and so went on the hunt for a solution to their ageing telephone and IT structure.