Women’s Business Centre

A free membership platform for the Women’s Business Centre, Scotland, with a business directory, advice hub and members’ forum.

The Brief

The Women’s Business Centre is a free online home for women in Scotland who are starting or growing a business, run by the not-for-profit Women’s Enterprise Scotland. It needed a platform that made its large advice library easy to navigate, gave members a space to connect, and was simple for its own team to manage.

What We Built

• A WordPress membership platform with free sign-up, member accounts and members-only content.
• An advice hub organised by topic, covering finance, strategy, marketing, sales, legal and wellbeing.
• A business directory where members list their own businesses, from design studios to textile charities.
• A members' forum, plus webinars, events, courses and downloadable checklists for start-ups and financial health.
• Inspiration stories from women business owners, to show what's possible.

The Result

The Women's Business Centre gives women across Scotland one place to learn, connect and promote their businesses, and the the Women’s Business Centre team can add advice, events and courses themselves.

Women's Business Centre web design case study

"Ollie at Otis Creative has been great to work with. From the beginning of our project, to rebuild an existing website with new design and functionality, Ollie demonstrated genuine commitment to making it a success. Despite the hundreds of miles between Devon and Scotland, it always felt like Ollie was there beside us and part of the team.

Ollie was tenacious in his approach to finding solutions to make everything function as we wanted. It was great to work in a collaborative way to develop ideas, explore creative options and achieve a very successful outcome. We’ve had great feedback on the new site and it’s wonderful to see our members joining and benefitting from it."

Bronwen Thomas, Women’s Business Centre, Scotland