Sources on the internet state that CMAL awarded the contract in August 2015, which would suggest that Mr McColl attended the New Start Scotland event in November 2015 and mentioned the above then, but I cannot be sure of this as I know I attended New Start Scotland events from 2013-2015. Having said this, I do vaguely recall going to another entrepreneurial event in which Mr McColl spoke, but I cannot recall what event that was or when that was as I was attending a lot of entrepreneurial/start up events from 2013 onwards.