Margaret has been chosen for the Courvoisier Future 500 list of innovative business brains and creative talent – signifying passion and determination to succeed in the future. Courvoisier The Future 500 is an exclusive member’s network of the country’s most innovative business brains and creative talent. Being awarded a place shows dedication and commitment to achieving commercial success.


About Courvoisier

Courvoisier has been promoting and supporting excellence since its conception over 2 centuries ago. Despite growing to become one of the world’s leading cognacs, Courvoisier still values the roles that personal relationships, precision and passion have when building businesses.
Courvoisier The Future 500 celebrates our members talent and entrepreneurial approach. This mirrors’s our belief that excellence can only be found through hard work, dedication to perfection and an ability to connect with the right people at the right time. Courvoisier is proud to have developed a real community of inspirational talent to help support and nurture business in the UK.

The Judging

From hundreds of applicants only the best will ever be chosen to go forward and
be given a place on the network. To be given a place in the Courvoisier The
Future 500 individuals must have distinguished themselves in their field and show a
passion and determination to achieve.

Details on the 2009 judges

Jamie Murray Wells, the 25-year-old internet entrepreneur, who began
Glassesdirect.co.uk at the age of 21, by using the last instalment of his student
loan. Today, Glassesdirect.co.uk is the largest direct-seller of glasses in the
world, selling a pair every three minutes.
Ed Bartlett, the 31 year old co founder of IGA (In Game Advertising)
Worldwide.
Seb Bishop, in 2000 at the age of 26, Seb Bishop founded Espotting, the
company that pioneered Pay-Per-Click Advertising and search marketing in the UK.
Reed Paget, the 40 year old founder of Belu Water, the first bottled-water
company to donate 100 per cent of its profits to fund other water project..


This information has been taken from the Couvoisier Press Release.



The following related article is taken from The Courier, December 13th 2008.



Margaret will be exhibiting with six other Future 500 artists at the Hannah Maclure Centre in Dundee during July and August. See home page for full details and links.