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Nevis aims for new heights on the trail for acquisitions

STANDING in a remarkably clean looking industrial unit in west Glasgow on a chilly winter morning, one of Scotland's leading entrepreneurs regards the prospects for 2012 with the kind of confidence that seems to be in short supply in business circles.

STRATEGY: Glasgow entrepreneur John Pirrie is following up steady expansion with plans for more strategic purchases. Picture: Martin Shields
STRATEGY: Glasgow entrepreneur John Pirrie is following up steady expansion with plans for more strategic purchases. Picture: Martin Shields

John Pirrie, who sold the LCH Generators business he built with his brother James for £62 million to Speedy Hire in 2006, is surrounded by the signs that the siblings' attempts to build more success stories are gathering momentum.