had sold 3,000 units worldwide for around GBP16 each (about USD $25) and was awarded contracts to supply the device to the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Sodexo, and Compass Group. Grieve, on behalf of Safetray Products Ltd, received GBP200,000 (USD $310,000) from an investor syndicate composed of investment group Equity Gap and individual investors. She used the money to strengthen the worldwide patent protection of the product, expand its markets to United Arab Emirates and United States hotels, and shift mass production of the now eco-friendly Safetray product from China to the McLaren Plastics factory in Loanhead, a small town in Midlothian, Scotland, creating four new permanent jobs in that municipality. The company was valued at £1 million ($1.5 million US dollars) at the end of 2011. In February 2012, Safetray Products Ltd exhibited the product in the Scottish Development International pavilion at the Dubai, UAE Gulfood Exhibition 2012, a large annual food and hospitality show. In April the company hired the law firm of Baker Hostetler of Washington, DC, to seek trademark protection in the United States for the mark "SAFETRAY," with a design of a bottle and glass supported at a distance from and above the letter T in the Safetray name. In June First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond honored Grieve's Safetray innovation and business success at the 2012 Business in the Parliament Conference. See also Waiters' Race References Catering and food service companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Edinburgh Hospitality industry brands Products introduced in 2010 Scottish brands Serving and dining Trademarks