After a tough competitive process Nick Livingstone who runs Prestwick’s 7 Saints has won the first Diageo Learning for Life Saltire Fellowship.

Nick will now be joining the 2017-18 cohort of Saltire Fellows who will complete a rigorous programme of personal development designed to help accelerate their entrepreneurial skills.

The Prestwick manager impressed the panel of judges with his understanding of the programme and how it would help him to grow his business and the people who work in it.

The Saltire Fellowship programme, which is run by Entrepreneurial Scotland, is widely-regarded as the premier international learning opportunity for ambitious individuals.

It is ideally-suited for candidates ready to take the next step in their career and to transform the business they work in.

Peter Lederer, who chaired the judging panel said: “We all agreed that Nick was the ideal candidate. He impressed us with his passion for his business and his determination to use the Saltire Fellowship opportunity to grow the company into one that has a national presence.  

He’s exactly the sort of person to play a key role in the future of a sector integral to the success of Scotland’s economy.”