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History
Imani Enterprise Ltd, the youngest member of the Imani group, was established in April 2003 by Murdoch Gatward in partnership with the Imani group. John McGrath of the Imani Malawi office played a crucial role in establishing the company. The Managing Director is Murdoch Gatward with John McGrath and Richard Hess as non-executive Directors.

Location
The Imani Enterprise Ltd office has been established on the West Coast of Scotland in Oban. The location represents the core business activity of Enterprise Development. This area is fast expanding on a base of small and medium sized enterprise development. By having the office in an area of enterprise growth it is ideally situated to be part of local development, as well as being able to keep up with current best practice in the sector. With low cost flights out of Glasgow London is just three hours away, along with all the other major European destinations and links to International travel. An added bonus is that it is a beautiful location and overheads are a fraction of being in a large city!

Core Business
Being a new company Imani Enterprise Ltd is still developing its business portfolio. Murdoch Gatward’s background over the last 15 years has been in Fair Trade, both in Africa and the UK; this has therefore been the primary focus of business for the company. This work includes supply chain analysis and monitoring, evaluation/social audit work, producer development and social enterprise development as well as management consultancy in the private, as well as social enterprise, sectors. All the business activities are grouped within the Trade and Economic, Community development framework.

Main Clients
The largest client for Imani Enterprise Ltd is Cafedirect which is the largest hot drinks Fair Trade supplier in the UK. Imani Enterprise Ltd manages and implements the Teadirect Producer Support and Development programme in East Africa. It has also undertaken work for Traidcraft who are a major client. Locally Imani Enterprise Ltd is involved in Community development consultancy and social audit development with clients such as Community Business Scotland and The Mull and Iona Community Trust.

Other Associates
Imani Enterprise Ltd has a data base of associates who provide technical consultancy services on contract as required. It is also developing contacts with other consultancy organisations such as Public Policy Consulting and MCM Associates. The organisation’s strategy is to grow in association with other local organisations utilising the skills that each individual Associate or organisation brings.