Graham McWilliam: Building a social enterprise from luxury mattresses
A long career in corporate banking gave Graham McWilliam a taste for branching out on his own. And after a couple of successful entrepreneurial adventures, followed by further spells at RBS and Clydesdale, he took over the reins of a very unusual business. Glencraft is an Aberdeen-based social enterprise founded in 1843 to provide dignity to the disadvantaged through work. The company had specialised in making mattresses for the oil industry but when Graham took over, the price of oil had plummeted, orders had dried up and the business was in trouble. Graham, however, saw an opportunity. Glencraft had a Royal Warrant and a wealth of expertise \u2013 and Graham has since transformed the business into a serious player in the international luxury mattress market.\nInterviewed by Fraser Allen on 3 August 2020.\nwww.allencomms.co.uk