Meet the MSP boss who started her company in a library

Marian McHugh
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PCL Group founder Jeanette Forbes opens up on the origins of the £1.5m revenue MSP and why she has handed the reins over to her children

Not many companies can say they were started by their founder paying £1 an hour to use the PCs in the local library, but that's exactly how Aberdeen-based PCL Group got its start in life.  Found...

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