S’wheat up for award

THE FOUNDER of Edinburgh firm S’Wheat has been named as one of the finalists for the Scottish Women’s Awards in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year section. Amee Ritchie, who founded the business along with Jake Elliot-Hook four years ago when they were both university students, will only find out if she has won on 27 October at a gala event in Glasgow.

She said: “I’m so excited to be shortlisted as a finalist for Young Entrepreneur of the Year. I was inspired by so many women in business when I was younger and this is what really encouraged me to start S’wheat, so to be a finalist for the Scottish Women’s Awards feels really rewarding.”

The business makes the world’s first reusable water bottle made from plants.

Their range of products was recently expanded and the firm plants a tree for every bottle sold. As well as this the company has a policy of investing a percentage of its profits in eco charities.