A former miner who set up a business to sell dissolvable products he invented has hailed a major high street deal.
Brian McCormack, founder of Fife-based McCormack Innovation, said his main distributor Conserving Beauty has launched a suite of his products through Space NK.
Conserving Beauty, the Melbourne-based company which has Elle Macpherson on the board of directors, gave the products a gala unveiling at Space NK's flagship store in London.Â
Personal care and beauty products retailer Space NK has over 70 UK outlets including one in Glasgow and two in Edinburgh.
Mr McCormack, who claims to have invented the world's first soluble wipe, said: "Apart from winning a substantial contract to supply Salts Healthcare of Birmingham with medical wipes, our range of environmentally-friendly dissolving cosmetic products are now going global.
"Our main distributor Conserving Beauty launched three of our products into Mecca Cosmetics they are the largest cosmetics chain in Australia. They sold out.
"Conserving Beauty launched three of my dissolving products onto the shelves of Space NK cosmetics. The launch was done at their flagship store in Knightsbridge.
"Itâs been great to see how the collaboration between a Scottish and Australian company has had such a global success."
McCormack Innovation worked alongside strategic partners including the University of Dundee to develop medical dressings that will dissolve in seconds when immersed in water, and has seen its soluble bandages praised by experts.
The pioneering Scottish company's link with Salts Healthcare of Birmingham, one of the oldest family-run healthcare firms in the UK, has also led to the creation of the Salts FlushAway Wipe, an adhesive remover wipe, which dissolves in water in two minutes, for people who are living with stoma.
'All serious offers considered' for historic North Coast 500 hotel
A hotel in a historic building on the North Coast 500 tourist route is being offered for sale at a reduced price.
Specialist hospitality business agent Drysdale & Company said the freehold sale of The Ben Bhraggie Hotel in Golspie is being amended to assist the owner's separate business interests.
Major employer recruits 86 graduates and apprentices in Scotland
A total of 86 graduates and apprentices are joining KPMG in Scotland this year, across the accountancy firmâs Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen offices.
This month, 37 graduates and apprentices are due to begin their careers in KPMGâs Edinburgh office, with a further 40 based in Glasgow and nine located in Aberdeen. Around three-quarters of the intake, 63 of the new recruits in Scotland, will join the audit practice, with the remainder working across tax, deal advisory and consulting.
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