Kristy Dorsey
Business Correspondent at The Herald (Scotland)
Golf, live gigs, rugby, pinball, good laughs, gardening - not necessarily in that order. And yeah, the business news...
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3 days ago |
heraldscotland.com | Kristy Dorsey
Some surprising findings have been uncovered in the first-ever Herald Scottish Golf Survey, with custodians of the country’s courses sharing their views on finances, governance, the challenges they face and the opportunities that lie ahead. More than 90 captains, club secretaries and managers representing 116 courses throughout the country took part in the survey, accounting for 1,880 holes of golf. Their facilities range from small rural clubs through to some of the biggest names in the game.
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5 days ago |
heraldscotland.com | Kristy Dorsey
So who are your clients? For Compass Estates, we work with homeowners, landlords, and developers looking for a personal service and strong results. The Portfolio Brokers tends to work with property investors, developers, and landlord clients across the wider UK market, helping them buy and sell residential portfolios efficiently.
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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | Kristy Dorsey
Chairman Richard Last is taking over as executive chair with immediate effect while the board makes arrangements to appoint a new chief executive. He will be supported by chief financial officer Scott Cunningham, Atech chief executive Ryan Langley and Angus MacSween, the founder and a non-executive director of Iomart.
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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | Kristy Dorsey
Where do your customers come from? While we get business from all over the world, predominantly our clients are travelling from North America which makes up more than 80% of our groups. This year we also have guests joining us from other markets such as South Africa, Australia, Norway and Malaysia. We also have a high volume of repeat clients that come back every couple of years to experience other parts of Scotland, England or Ireland that they haven’t managed to explore yet.
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2 weeks ago |
heraldscotland.com | Kristy Dorsey
It is open from March through to the end of October and welcomed more than 1,000 golfers last season. Manager Dave Allan says numerous tour professionals have played the course over the years, but no one has ever broken the course par of 34. How did the Kingarrock course come to be? The Hill of Tarvit estate where the course is located was purchased in 1906 by Frederick Sharp, an industrialist and investment banker from Dundee. The family made their money in the Dundee jute industry.
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