SMas
Stewart Miller associates
Strategy – International Trade – Business Development – Marketing
Consultancy since 1997
Experience
Stewart Miller associates is an experienced international trade consultancy based in Ayrshire, Scotland. The company is managed by the founder and lead partner Stewart Miller, with support from a second partner.
Stewart Miller is renowned in industry circles for delivering quality, practical work and very high levels of customer care. One of the key strengths of SMas is that the partner deals with all clients, from initial consultation and establishing project objectives, through to satisfactory delivery and achieving results. The majority of SMas work comes via personal recommendations and repeat business from regular clients.
The company’s experience is diverse and covers most industry sectors. Particular strengths include food & drink, textiles, manufacturing, sports, and ecommerce & retail. SMas has significant experience working with ‘household names’ and SME’s, and also with the public and third sectors.
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Client List
Examples of clients over the past two decades are as follows:

Food
Amadeus Food, Aquascot, Aramark, Baxters Food Group, Baba Sauce, Bickiepegs, Blackthorn Salt, Border Biscuits, Cobbs Bakery, The Cocoabean Company, Compass Group, Connage Highland Dairy, East Neuk Salt, Equi’s Ice Cream, Food and Drink Forum West, G8 Summit Gleneagles, Golden Casket Group, Green & Black’s, Highland Fine Cheeses, Island Bakery, Lazy Day Foods, Loch Fyne Oysters, McDonald’s Restaurants UK, Macleans Highland Bakery, MOWI Scotland, Oat Company Scotland, Quality Foods, Quirky Chocolate, Reid’s of Caithness Bakery, Sodexo, Stag Bakeries, Taste of Arran, Three Chimneys Restaurant, Three Robins, TIO, Wako International Corporation, Walkers Shortbread, Wooley’s of Arran.
Drink
8 Doors Distillery, AG Barr, Balmaud Distillery, Ballindalloch Distillery, Black Isle Brewing Company, Burnside Brewery, Cairngorm Brewery, Claxton’s, Dairy Crest (FRijj), Deerness Distillery, Diageo (Talisker, Oban, Lagavulin), Ebar, Edrington Group (The Macallan), Glenfarclas Distillery, Gordon and MacPhail, Holy Goat Brewing, Isle of Arran Distillers, Isle of Cumbrae Distillers, Isle of Skye Distillers, J & A Mitchell & Co (Springbank), LVMH (Ardbeg, Glenmorangie), North Uist Distillery, Pernod Ricard (Glenlivet), RAER Scotch Whisky, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Secret Garden Distillery, Sinclair Breweries, Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, Stirling Distillery, Whisky Coast, Whisky Live, William Grants & Sons (Glenfiddich, Balvenie).
Textiles
Alex Begg, Alexander Manufacturing, Alluring Boutique, Anta Scotland, C.Nicol, Dogrobes, D & M Fashions, E & M Manufacturing, Evergreen Fashion UK, Fair Isle Knitwear, Foxglide, FTS Dyers, Harris Tweed Industry, Hebridean Isles Trading Co, Hilary Jane Keyes, Jamieson & Smith, Joanna Hunter Knitwear, Johnstone’s of Elgin, Kenneth Mackenzie, Knockando Woolmill, LA Nation Activewear, Laurence Odie Knitwear, Lochaven International, Lovat Mill, MOLKE, Nadia Alexander, Nonchalant, Ralph Lauren, Robert Mackie of Scotland, SealSkinz, Selki Handmade, Shetland Knitwear Industry, ShredXS, Skyeskyns, Thistle and Cloth, Uist Wool.
Manufacturing
A & D Sutherland, Arran Aromatics, AS Apothecary, Asgard Scotland, Atlas Cables, Aurora Jewellery, Bonnar Sand & Gravel, Clark Tracks, Cochran, Crawford Henderson, Elcomatic, Emergency One, Essence of Harris, Findhorn Flower Essences, Freedom One Life, G&M Radiator Manufacturing, Grants of Dalvey, Highland Soap Company, Highland Spirit, Inclusive Play, Isle of Skye Candle Company, Leask Marine, Malakoff, McCallum Bagpipes, McCulloch Rail, Midton Acrylics, Ortak Jewellery, Panasonic, Porex, Quarch Technology, Rackit, Raven Botanicals, Reid Brothers, Safehinge Primera, Vector Aerospace.
Ecommerce and Retail
Aldi, Alibaba.com, Altogether Travel, Amazon, B&Q, Booths, Charles Buyers, Costco, Dalry Town Centre, Dingwall Town Centre, Dixons Stores Group, Electric Fencing Direct, Fine Fare, Google, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, House of Bruar, Inverness Town Centre, Is To Me, John Lewis, Ocado, Peckham’s, Phlo, Picastro, Planet Organic, Private House Stays, Safeway, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shop4whisky, Sprouts Farmers Market, Tesco, Thurso Town Centre, Waitrose, VisitArran, Whole Foods Market, WH Smith, Wick Town Centre.
Sports
C-Monsta, Equal Adventure, ESPN-Star Sports, Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Inverness Football Ground Share Project, London 2012 Olympics, Nike, On Location, Premiership Experience, Rangers Football Club, Rescue Winch, Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Scottish Football Association, Seven League, Soccer AM, Swamp Soccer UK/China/India/Turkey, Zenith Coins.
Creative Industries
Ballet West, BBC, Belladrum (Tartan Heart) Festival, Belladrum Records, Capercaillie, Cryptic, eOne, Getty Images, Ginger Group (Chris Evans), Glam Candy, Glasstorm, Hot Under The Collar, The Herald, Highland Print Studio, MCM Rehearsal & Recording Studios, M & M Theatrical Productions, New York Times, POTR, Sky News, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Times.
Other
A Proctor, BT, Ferguson Transport, Findhorn Foundation, Enterprise Nation, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Greenpeace, Hertz, Littles, Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition, Lottery Heritage Fund, Mintel, New Intelligence, NHS England, PDG Helicopters, Rapsons Group, Resolute, Robert Burns International Foundation, Skibo Castle, United Nations, Young Enterprise.
Public Sector
Business Gateway, Department of Business and Trade, East Lothian Council, European Union, G8 Summit Gleneagles, Glasgow City Council, Fife Council, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Highland Council, Historic Scotland, IDA Ireland, Moray Council, North Ayrshire Council, Renfrewshire Council, Scottish Canals, Scottish Development International, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Executive, Scottish Natural Heritage, Shetland Council, South of Scotland Enterprise, VisitBritain, VisitScotland.
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Testimonials
“We can look back at what we consider a successful event and a few enjoyable days. Many thanks for co-organising it together with Strategem, HIE and SDI. We consider your personal engagement and relentless efforts as essential for making this happen.” Jack Peters, Business Development Director, Alibaba Group
“Stewart worked with me as a business consultant for over four years. In this time I found him to be very professional, reliable, sociable, hard working and results-orientated. He was very aware and respectable of our Japanese culture. Stewart was actually the only non-Japanese member on my senior management team.” Mr Nobuyoshi Kuraoka, Chairman of Wako International Corporation
“We were fortunate enough to work with Stewart as our export advisor. His knowledge of export advice and guidance led him to become an integral part of our export strategy. An active listener, he is able to assimilate complex information and process this into a clear strategy. His enthusiasm is boundless, his knowledge and commitment exemplary and above all, he has provided me with a level headed and wise sounding board that has helped me develop in my role, and our organisation to grow into a genuine exporter.” Malcolm Etridge, International Business Development Manager, Emergency One
“Our previous experience with advisers had not been very positive. However Stewart was different. He has a real empathy with businesses, having worked in industry and managed his own businesses. He is passionate, knowledgeable and helpful, and his continued support to our young management team helped raise our confidence, and belief in what we are trying to achieve. He made things happen and opened doors for us. Had it not been for Covid-19 I think 2020 would have been our most successful year in business.” Hannah Beck, Director, The Cocoabean Company
“His performance was exemplary. He quickly became the ‘go to’ adviser for the management and marketing of Long Distance Walks in Scotland. He establishes relationships easily and always gives more than he takes. He is clear thinking and speaks and writes well, and his success has always been based on his own initiative, and always being ahead of the game. His contribution was invaluable and both his achievements and his presence will be missed.” James McLuckie, Trustee, Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust
“For over 3 years Stewart provided support, guidance and expertise for our plans to start exporting globally. We owe a huge amount of our international growth to him. His determination for us to succeed, and willingness to guide us through processes and practices that were new to us were key driving forces behind our overseas plans. I could not recommend Stewart’s services more highly – especially if you are interested in growing your business within the UK, or overseas.” Jamie McGowan, Managing Director & Founder, Essence of Harris
“Stewart had undertaken various projects for Gordon & MacPhail, and was contracted to review our local whisky festival in Speyside. Stewart embraced this project with his typical enthusiastic style. The final work was one of the best consultancy reports I had ever read and we implemented all of the recommendations.” Iain Urquhart, Managing Director of Gordon & MacPhail & Chair of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival
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