He came up with the idea for the business while studying for a degree at the Scottish Agricultural College in Aberdeen.

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Don Cruickshank, chairman of the London Stock Exchange, said at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen that Scotland would flourish if young people left to gain experience of the rest of the world.

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He and father Alan, mum Lindsay and sister Danielle had switched to the Laurencekirk area from Muthill, after which he attended Fettercairn Primary School and Mearns Academy before completing his secondary education at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen.

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They will visit Aberdeen, Dundee, Glenrothes, Edinburgh, the Scottish Police College, Stirling and Glasgow.

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