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Founder Maya was featured as one of Insider’s “20 Most Inspiring Scottish Business Women” for International Women’s Day 2022.

Maya was named as a finalist at the Scottish Women’s Awards 2022, where she received a Highly Commended recognition in the Young Entrepreneur category.

Within our first two years of trading, the business exceeded its original revenue targets after receiving support from Business Gateway, and Planner Bee VA Services grew into a small team of 3 VAs.

Our founder, Maya Vertigans won a £10,000 Young EDGE Award, recognising the business’s growth potential and supporting our mission to help ethical and sustainable businesses thrive.

After a seven-month development and pilot phase, we launched our Complete Carbon Footprinting Service to help businesses measure and reduce environmental impact.

Founder Maya Vertigans was selected to speak on a panel about young entrepreneurship at Ideas Fest, sharing insights on sustainable business growth, entrepreneurship, and building purpose-led companies.

Our founder, Maya was awarded the Rising Star Award at the BWC Aberdeen Athena Awards, celebrating her impact as one of Aberdeen’s emerging business leaders.

After months of quietly helping clients with hiring and team growth, we officially expanded into recruitment support, helping clients hire in-house employees for the roles we do ourselves.

Our founder Maya was chosen for The Hunter Foundation’s Pre-Scaler Programme, gaining access to expert mentoring, leadership development, and a network of high-growth Scottish entrepreneurs.

We officially achieved B Corp Certification, recognising our commitment to high standards of social and environmental performance, ethical business practices, and long-term positive impact. Becoming a B Corp marks an important milestone in our mission to help businesses grow sustainably and responsibly.