Have your appetite whetted at inspiring dinner evening

THE Lochaber Chamber of Commerce Ideas Week dinner 2016 is shaping up to be a fantastic evening.

Sponsored once again by Twin Deer Law, which provides a niche and flexible specialist legal service to businesses and business people in every industry sector throughout Scotland, the evening will be hosted by the Moorings Hotel, at Banavie, Fort William, and will feature special guest Fraser Doherty as the after- dinner speaker.

Mr Doherty started his business career at the age of just 14. After being taught how to make jam in his grandmother’s kitchen in Scotland, he came up with a way of making jam 100 per cent from fruit. At 16 he presented his brand, SuperJam, to Waitrose and went on to become the youngest ever supplier to a major supermarket.

He said: ‘My story shows that what can start as a passion, with love and hard work can grow into something amazing – something that changes your life.’

SuperJam has since grown into a company that has sold many millions of jars through thousands of supermarkets around the world.

As well as being a commercial success, the business has invested in successful charitable projects – running hundreds of free tea parties for the elderly in Europe, Korea and Australia, and setting up community beehives in the UK and Korea.

Mr Doherty regularly lectures on entrepreneurship at universities around the world and has also shared his incredible story at more than 500 conferences in 27 countries, as well as in his best-selling books SuperBusiness, published in UK, US, Australia, Korea and Japan, and The SuperJam Cookbook.

As well as the three- course dinner, the event will include a drinks reception and the announcement of the Dragons’ Glen 2016 winner.

Tickets for the event are priced at £37.50 and early booking is advised. For more information, visit www.lochaberchamber.co.uk.

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