The view over Glasgow towards the Campsie Fells. Picture: Colin Mearns A planning application has been lodged with East Dunbartonshire Council to construct a new community of 256 homes at Fauldhead, near Bishopbriggs. The proposals from Cala Homes include 67 affordable homes and a diverse range of house types. These range from compact terraced homes suitable for later living, to larger semi-detached and detached villas for growing families, with views of the Campsie Fells to the north of Glasgow. Cala said significant effort has been placed on incorporating green space at the site, which is close to the Luggie Water burn. Many of the existing landscape features including trees and a natural pond will be retained to support the site’s wildlife, with a new wetland is also being created.
Managing director of Perfection Alloys, Fraser Dick, speaks about how hard decisions and empathy from his insolvency practitioner helped his business successfully weather insolvency.
Seven years ago, vehicle refurbishment business Perfection Alloys ran into trouble. Despite a turnover of more than £2m, the company experienced a cashflow issue which resulted in entering a CVA to rescue the business.
“We were owed massive amounts of money that we were struggling to collect,” says Fraser Dick, managing director of Perfection Alloys. “And we owed a big amount to the revenue.”
The business had expanded very rapidly, starting with its two MDs, Dick and Simon Gudgeon, and growing to 55 staff in the space of three years. “We just got so busy and so large so quickly that there was no real structure. It was naivety because neither of us had run a business before,” says Dick.