Hi, I’m Morag
I moved to the Scottish Highlands in 2010 and set up Ness Solutions in 2013 to give me the flexibility to manage work and family life .
Prior to moving to the Highlands I was Communications Manager for Enterprise North East Trust (now Elevator), based in Aberdeen. The company delivered a broad range of activities from business start up and growth programmes, enterprise and young entrepreneur development and property provision; as Communications Manager I was a key team member who worked closely with colleagues from all areas of the business.
Since starting Ness Solutions I’ve worked with a diverse range of businesses and projects including:
Caledonian Concepts (Scotland) Ltd – Scotland’s leading provider of mass participation sporting events. I joined the team at Caledonian Concepts as event coordinator for their brand new cycle event – Etape Loch Ness in 2014. This event has grown from strength to strength and now attracts over 5000 cyclists to the Highlands annually. I am now event coordinator for the Inverness 1/2 Marathon and the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running.
Fife Health Charity – Fife Health Charity is the strategic charity partner of NHS Fife. I worked with the team, over a period of eight months, to create, develop and implement a communications plan and micro website (https://www.nhsfife.org/fife-health-charity/).
Great Glen Consulting – I have worked with Susan at Great Glen Consulting on a number of projects, including her own website. We jointly delivered a project with Glen Urquhart High School for three years entitled “Week of Work”. This project linked businesses with the school; key speakers were invited in to talk about different industry sectors and themes to broaden the understanding of the job opportunities available to the young people. This project was part of the school’s Developing the Young Workforce initiative.
FAO27 – a sales export department for a number of Scottish small scale seafood processors and fishing boats. I provided admin and website support to the team here. I wrote a number of successful award applications including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade which was awarded in 2016.
Ancarraig Lodges – a small site of 12 holiday lodges where I worked as manager involved in all the day to day activities of running a busy holiday park.
The Big Green Challenge – a schools debating competition focused on renewable energy. It was open to 1st to 3rd years across the Highlands and Islands, and offered the chance to take part in some fantastic debates and win some brilliant prizes! This was an HIE initiative delivered by Tricker PR. I provided project management and admin support.