Kirkwall, Scotland – 30th September 2025
Practest, a health-tech company reimagining patent pathways through smarter digital tools, is proud to announce that it has been named the winner of the Most Promising New Business Award at this year’s Highland Business Awards.
The Highland Business Awards recognise and celebrate entrepreneurial excellence, innovation, and growth in the region’s business community. The Most Promising New Business category highlights newly established companies that show exceptional potential for sustained impact and growth.
Driving Better Care Through Smart Technology
Practest is on a mission to transform how healthcare practices operate digitally. Supporting healthcare practices with smarter, better digital tools that ease the way for patients and healthcare professionals.
Practest works with primary healthcare services such as GP’s as well as supporting private healthcare practices. The primary care web platform has been launched in Heilendi GP Practice in the Orkney Islands, as they looking to streamline high touch patient processes. Practest also supports private healthcare companies both in the UK as well as in the US and looking to move into Australia later this year.
“Receiving this award is a tremendous honour and validation of our vision,” said Sacha Wright, Co-Founder of , Practest “We believe that healthcare should run with the same ease as consumer services, and this recognition from the Highland business community gives us even more drive to deliver on that.”
About the Highland Business Awards
The Highland Business Awards are organised annually by Inverness Chamber of Commerce to celebrate excellence across sectors—honouring companies for growth, innovation, sustainability, community impact, and leadership. Winning a Highland award is a mark of recognition from peers and stakeholders across the region.
About Practest.io
Practest is a health-technology startup based in the Orkney Islands, building digital tools that help healthcare practices reclaim time and deliver better patient outcomes.
Media Contact
Sacha Wright
Co-founder
Practest
sacha@practest.io
(07938) 716 865
https://practest.io/