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Steve McLaughlin was most recently chief commercial officer at the Telegraph Media Group and has also held senior positions at Trinity Mirror. Mr McLaughlin intends to help ICS, which has its registered office in Edinburgh and main premises in Glasgow, extend its digital content around the world. He said: “The education technology sector is extremely […]

Johnstons of Elgin will next month welcome on board Simon Cotton as its new chief executive. Mr Cotton, a Strathclyde University graduate, has worked recently as a divisional managing director at Swiss conglomerate Franke. Ian Urquhart, chairman of Johnstons of Elgin, said: “Johnstons are delighted to welcome Simon on board. His experience of leadership in […]

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He cycled coast to coast across France taking in 18 Cols along the way, including the mighty Col du Tourmalet, and doing so within 100 hours. Many many thanks to all who sponsored him and helped him to raise £9,199 + £2,057 in gift aid – a fantastic amount which has now been donated to […]

Last year FWB was pleased to manage the assignment to appoint a new Chief Executive and a Chief Operating Officer for Edinburgh Zoo. This year is the Centenary year for the Society and a major programme of events is planned to celebrate the 100 year history and to mark the moment they lead into the next […]

Last year, FWB helped the management team to recruit an Operations Director to support the growth and expansion of the business. The companies gave no details of the transaction, but a person familiar with the deal said John Swire & Sons (Green Investments) had paid about £80m for Argent. The Scottish group was profitable, debt […]

  Green Highland Renewables which specializes in the development of small scale Hydro electric schemes has appointed Hazel McIntyre as FD.  She joins from Giles Insurance where she was M&A Director. Kerry Sharp is the new Director of The Scottish Investment Bank.  SIB supports the development of Scotland’s SME funding market to ensure that both […]

We were keen to have two key figures from each sector, so we are thrilled that Norman Murray and Iain Mackay have agreed to speak jointly on these important areas of business for Scotland globally at a crucial time for our economy. Norman Murray’s earlier career was in the venture capital industry. He co-founded Morgan […]

Graeme joins Atlas directly from First Group PLC where he was Finance Director for the £1.1 billion UK Bus Division. His appointment follows a very successful start to the year for Atlas, with significant new contract wins over the last 6 months in the UK, Middle East and Asia, a new office opening in Houston […]