What is the Eureka programme?

It all evolved from an unusual marketing experiment carried out by Robert Clay, one of our directors, over a little more than a decade.

It worked like this: he empowered hundreds of entrepreneurs with world-class knowledge on an array of low-risk/high-return marketing strategies. The majority of the ‘subject’ entrepreneurs also received implementation support from Robert’s team. And they and their business often saw stunning results.

Some built businesses from start-up to market leadership in 3-4 years; others grew more than tenfold in a few short years, still others became the fastest growing companies in their field; one even built a group from nothing to £100 million in revenues in 7 years.

Along the way many participants won prestigious awards like “Business of the Year”, the “Queen’s Award to Industry”, and the Ernst and Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” (in one year both the national winner and the runner up were participants in the experiment).

Several rose to prominence in their niches and ended up as President or Chairman of their industry associations. One became known in the media as the ‘Saviour of Scottish Industry.’ Some achieved mentions in the Sunday Times Rich List; still others exited and sold stakes in their business for up to £75 million.