HIGHLANDS-BASED English teaching firm TEFL Org UK managing director Jennifer Mackenzie has been shortlisted for a brace of awards.

Mackenzie has been shortlisted for SME company director of the year in the UK Institute of Director (IoD) Awards, and for the online business of the year award at the Scottish Women Awards.

Mackenzie was awarded the Medium Business of the Year Award at the Scottish IoD awards earlier in the year, as well as winning the overall Business Woman of the Year Award at the Highland Businesswomen Awards ceremony in March.

Mackenzie, whose firm is based in Inverness, said: “The past 18 months has been a period of substantial growth for TEFL Org UK.  With customer numbers increasing by 66 per cent and a 28 per cent growth in revenue in the last financial year, TEFL Org UK is a business ready and looking to scale up.  “Winning the IoD Scotland award was an amazing achievement.

“It was  something I never imagined would happen almost nine years ago when I was sitting in our garden shed trying to get IT systems to work and make our first sales.”