Member Profiles

Member Profiles

As more businesses  discover the benefits of joining BNI Trailblazers our membership is constantly growing.  Here is a list of current members, together with brief biographies.

Name: Colin Hardie
Company: Ubisan Management Ltd
Profession: Web design and internet marketing

We design and build websites and manage the online presence of businesses of all sizes throughout the West of Scotland and beyond.

Our websites easy to keep updated and that can be found easily by search engines. We are great listeners and we use what we learn from our clients to deliver websites, marketing campaigns and bits of technology that help our clients grow.

Name: Evelyn Forsyth
Company: Chartered Life Ltd
Profession: Business Healthcare Advisor

Chartered Life with twenty years of healthcare insurance experience will provide you or your company with expert advice from highly trained and fully FSA registered advisors.  Our undertaking is a comprehensive whole of market view of Healthcare providers.  You will have peace of mind when we show you the results.

Making your healthcare our priority.

Name: Gordon Emslie
Company: GNE Consultancy Ltd
Profession: Management Consultancy & Training Organisation

We are training and management consultancy experts with over 30 years experience, who provide a “one stop shop” training solution for businesses and individuals.

We cover all employment sectors throughout the UK where we deliver the right skills, to the right people, in a timely manner that ensures continued personal growth for all involved.

Name: Barry Coogan
Company: Coogan Architects
Profession: Chartered Architect

Coogan Architects are a professional, chartered architectural and design practice providing creative and unique solutions for a wide range of commercial and residential projects such as new-build houses, development sites, extensions, conversions and internal alterations.

Name: David Illingworth
Company:AD+ Financial
Profession: independent Financial Adviser

At ad+ financial, our objective is to help people identify and achieve their financial goals. From helping families protect against the financial loss of a breadwinner, saving for a specific purpose or investing a lump sum, to longer term retirement planning, we aim to help people achieve their financial freedom.

Name: David Scott
Company: Upsource Ltd
Profession: IT Management, Support & Consultancy

UpSource Ltd provides a range of IT services for businesses with small networks (up to 50 users).  We provide high quality IT solutions to meet the needs and budget of any small business, from one-off repairs up to full network management and support packages for a fixed monthly fee.  We also offer comprehensive data protection, backup and recovery services.

Name: Hamish Marshall
Company: Auditel
Profession: Cost management consultant

We help our clients reduce overheads in areas such as energy, communications, business consumables, and water.

Our “Total Cost of Purchase” model differs from traditional cost analysis by takinges into account all the costs – both direct and indirect –associated with making effective cost management decisions. Our contingency fee model means that our service is totally self funding.

Auditel – taking cost and purchase management to a new level.

Name: Kenneth McAllister
Company: McAllisters
Profession: Chartered accountants and business advisors

McAllisters help businesses to understand how they are performing, help them to improve that performance and at the same time minimise tax. We provide annual, quarterly or monthly accounts to businesses so that they can see how much they are selling, understand whether their costs are under control and if they are generating a profit. We then work with businesses to improve this performance (sell more products, increase pricing where possible and at the same time control costs). We will also work with them to minimise the tax that they pay on their profits by making sure that they are doing things in the most tax efficient way or taking advantage of available tax reliefs.

We also help businesses to meet their tax and statutory requirements and deadlines around payroll, VAT and tax returns. We work with businesses to raise finance by assisting them with business plans and projections, we can evaluate and value businesses they wish to buy and can handle any dealing with HM Revenue and Customs. We also provide tax return services and tax advice (capital gains tax and inheritance tax) to individuals.

Name: Martin White
Company: Coatbridge MOT & Service Centre
Profession: Car mechanic

Name: Scott Smith
Company: Homeplus Extensions
Profession: Builder

Homeplus Extensions specialise in standard and bespoke house extensions as well as commercial and general builder work. we are members of the national register of warranted builders and approved local authority contractors.

Name: Gary Thom
Company: Gary Thom
Profession: Gas & Heating Engineer

Name: Colin Grant
Company: Spectrum PR
Profession: Media Consultant

Name: Colin Halliday
Company: Trade & Commercial Broking Services
Profession: Commercial Insurance Broker

Trade & Commercial Broking Services arrange and advise on a range of Commercial Insurance Products for a wide variety of trades and professions. We are not tied to any particular insurance company thus ensuring a completely independent service.

Name: John Gordon
Company: Gordon Gardencare & Landscaping
Profession:Landscape Gardener

Gordon Gardencare undertake all types of gardening, landscaping and fencing work in and around Glasgow

Name: Alan Hudson

Company: Saw Right
Profession: Joiner

Saw Right tackle any and all types of small to medium sized carpentry and joinery work around the home. We also offer a complete Kitchen design and installation service, co-ordinating all other necessary trades so that our customers have a single point of contact throughout. We also have specialist training and experience in restoration work, making us ideally suited to maintaining some of the city’s older properties.

Name: Harry Gilmore
Company: HG Electrical
Profession: Electrician

Name: Andrew Clarke
Company: Printing.com
Profession:Printer

Name: Martin White
Company: Coatbridge MOT & Service Centre
Profession:Mechanic

Name: David Ramsay
Company: Baxter Ramsay
Profession:Business Recovery Specialist

Baxter Ramsay are business rescue specialists who have extensive experience in dealing with businesses and individuals who are in financial distress. Through their hands on approach they will assist clients to deal with these difficult economic times using a series of solutions to tackle day to day problems head on.