New agency as veterans combine

Two public relations veterans, Charlie Laidlaw and Michael Westmacott, have joined forces to launch Scotland's latest agency, Laidlaw Westmacott.

Westmacott, whose existing PR operation is unaffected, was a financial journalist for nearly ten years and spent time as a serving army officer before entering the City and then moving to South Africa.

Laidlaw has worked in consultancy at board level in London and at chief executive level in Scotland and served as the Scottish Rugby Union's first full-time head of media and communications.