DOLLAR ACADEMY
FRIDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2025
FUTURES FAIR 2025
WELCOME TO OUR
FUTURES FAIR
On Friday 7 November we will host our annual Futures Fair, which this year is being sponsored by Forsyth of Denny. The aim is simple: to provide our pupils with an opportunity to explore potential future avenues after leaving Dollar. At Dollar, we are committed to preparing young people for the future with a holistic approach to education. While excellent exam grades are important, we also focus on nurturing curious individuals who can work collaboratively and challenge the status quo to make a positive difference. Ensuring our pupils are employable upon leaving Dollar, as well as providing them with the information they require to make informed decisions about the shape of their future, is part of our vision. A message to our pupils: please seize this exceptional opportunity to connect with a diverse and dynamic range of companies. Ask questions, be curious and explore possibilities. The conversations you have today could spark ideas, open doors, and shape the path of your future. Robin Pyper | Deputy Rector
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ADVANTAGE HOME FINANCE LTD We specialise in solving Mortgage problems. Our specialist advisers have a wealth of experience in finding solutions for complex mortgage needs. We have access to technology and software to simplify the mortgage process, combined with friendly and contactable advisers to guide our clients through the mortgage process.
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AGL ARCHITECT LTD Caroline Meikle is currently a senior architect at AGL Architect. Having studied at Newcastle University and completed her internship in London, her career has taken her worldwide, from Bangkok to London, with a broad portfolio covering a range of projects, across the residential, education and commercial sectors. As a qualified Scot Gov. Approved Certifier of Design (Energy), she is committed to tackling climate change. Find them at Stall 19.
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ANASURIA OPERATING COMPANY Operation, exploration, development and production of oil and gas within the North Sea Anasuria Cluster. Anasuria Operating Company's core values are: Be Safe, Be Empowered, Be Authentic, Be Progressive and Be Exceptional. Find them at Stall 49.
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BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL Babcock is an international defence company providing support and product solutions to enhance our customers’ defence capabilities and critical assets. We help our customers around the world to cost effectively, improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets. Find them at Stall 17.
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CAIRNSHIFT Cairnshift helps B2B companies to use AI to grow sustainably. We make sure they know what they’re selling, who they’re selling to, and how to wow customers with a sales process that stands out. And yes they do struggle from highly driven and energetic startups to family owned companies with 2K+ employees. Come and experience yourselves how we do this! Find them at Stall 16.
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CASK AND BLOOM Cask and Bloom is a modern drinks consultancy blending strategy, design, R&D, export, and PR. From label to bottle, we build bold, authentic brand stories for wine and spirits producers. Trusted by Bottega Spa, Argea, and San Gelice, we connect innovation and style to inspire the next generation of consumers. Find them at Stall 21.
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CBRE CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. CBRE operates in over 100 countries with 140,000 employees, offering services in property leasing, management, valuation, investment, and building surveying. Find them at Stall 47.
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CLACKMANNANSHIRE THIRD SECTOR INTERFACE CTSI is a ‘single door’ access point for charitable, community and voluntary action groups to receive support with a wide range of services including starting or running any type of charitable, social enterprise or voluntary group, community development, governance, funding advice, health and social care information and volunteering. Find them at Stall 24.
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CMA Consulting firm specialising in philanthropy and management of charitable trusts/foundations. Find them at Stall 35.
CRIEFF HYDRO FAMILY OF HOTELS Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels is a collection of seven unique hotels across Scotland, offering memorable hospitality experiences. From luxury stays to adventure breaks, we’re passionate about people guests and team alike. We’re proud to grow careers in hospitality, with opportunities in everything from front-of-house to marketing and management. Find them at Stall 44.
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DM HALL From humble beginnings to a nationwide team, we have been serving the people of Scotland since 1897. As a trusted advisor to the general public, solicitors, estate agents and financial institutions, we have a network of experienced professionals across Scotland, Cumbria and Southwest England. Find them at Stall 26.
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ELECTRICITY ASSET SERVICES At Electricity Asset Services, we deliver specialist solutions that keep the UK’s electricity network running safely, efficiently, and reliably. Our experienced team provides comprehensive services, including inspections, maintenance, upgrades, and asset management. We take pride in supporting the critical infrastructure that powers homes, businesses, and communities across the country. Find them at Stall 14.
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FOOTCARE SCOTLAND Our team are expert at diagnosing, treating, and preventing all types of foot and ankle problems. We understand how foot pain can affect every part of your life — from limiting daily activities to keeping you from enjoying your favourite sports. We provide personalised care to help you achieve your individual goals. Find them at Stall 13.
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FORSYTH OF DENNY LTD FORSYTH of Denny Ltd offer Cranes, Transport & specialist Engineering services to the General Construction and Wind Turbine Industries. We offer roles to suit all interests, skill sets and abilities. Find them at Stall 3.
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FORTH VALLEY COLLEGE We are a leading provider of further and higher education offering a wide range of courses and training opportunities in the heart of Central Scotland. Our dynamic provision ranges from access to degree level and includes full-time and part-time courses, evening classes, flexible and online learning, vocational qualifications and business training courses. Find them at Stall 12.
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GAUNTLET CONSULTING LTD Gauntlet Consulting Ltd helps make aviation and maritime operations (such as flight testing, cruise ships, and ports) safer. They work with teams to spot risks, improve safety systems, and build strong safety habits using their SCOPE360 approach, helping company boards be confident of their operations in challenging environments. Find them at Stall 64.
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GENOA BLACK Genoa Black are a professional services company specialising in business strategy, growth strategy and marketing strategy. HQ'd in Edinburgh, we act for clients across the UK, Europe, North America and Australia with work predominantly focused on 'customer acquisition' and growth/expansion. Our active client portfolio includes: Cyber companies, Bio Tech, Life Sciences and Hotel Leisure. One current fun project is for a client in Beverly Hills, California, who has a globally active restaurant & kitchen/dining products group. We also act for Louis Vuitton (hotel division), Balmoral Hotel, Erskine Stewart Melville (ESM Schools), Merchiston School, PWR Robotics in Amsterdam & My Name'5 Doddie. Find them at Stall 11.
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GILLIAN FORBES STONECARVER Gillian was a pupil at Dollar from 1981-1984 and was lucky enough to have Jennifer Campbell as her teacher. After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1988 she subsequently studying architectural stone carving at Weymouth College in Dorset. Gillian is an award-winning carver who makes bespoke memorials and carvings. Find them at Stall 42.
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GLENBERVIE DENTAL CLINIC We've been proudly attending to our patients’ dental health since 2015 and offer proactive quality dental care in a safe and comfortable environment, with state of the art medical equipment and the best attentive staff.
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HOLM PHARM LTD We are a small independently and family owned group of community pharmacies operating mainly in the Forth Valley area. We provide patient - centred NHS care to a vast array of patients every day across our communities. We also supply prescription medication and advice as part of our contractual requirements as well as offering some private services. Find them at Stall 39.
INEOS (GRANGEMOUTH) Ineos Grangemouth's world-scale petrochemical plants make around 1.4 million tonnes per annum of product, used as the building blocks in the manufacture of household items that society depends upon every day. These include ethylene, propylene and polymers: polyethylene and polypropylene. Our products are used extensively in the petrochemical industry and transformed into bottles and pipes, cabling and insulation, food packaging and are used in the pharmaceutical industry. Find them at Stall 18.
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KYTHERA AI Kythera AI is a tech company based in Edinburgh that creates advanced AI tools for video games. The software helps developers make game worlds feel alive with the ability to make their characters smart, believable, and move realistically. Working with Unreal Engine, Kythera AI’s technology supports everything from indie titles to AAA.
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LAR HOUSING TRUST Lar Housing Trust is an independent housing charity with its own construction and property management subsidiary companies, helping to transform the lives of many hundreds of people in Scotland by offering high-quality homes in communities at affordable rent levels. Find them at Stall 10.
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LEONARDO UK LTD With over 8,500 people employed across the UK, Leonardo is one of the UK's leading aerospace companies and one of biggest suppliers of defence and security equipment to the UK MOD. Leonardo is one of the UK’s largest employers of engineering apprentices and graduates and actively supports STEM curricula. Find them at Stall 31.
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LINDSAYS LLP Interested in a career in law? Lindsays is a Scottish law firm helping people and businesses across Scotland. We offer exciting opportunities to learn, grow, and develop legal skills in a supportive, friendly environment. Join us to discover how you can make a real difference through a career in law. Find them at Stall 9.
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M & G PLC M&G is a global savings and investments company. An employer of qualified actuaries and actuarial trainees / graduates in a variety of areas including Finance, Risk and Pricing. Find them at Stall 7.
MET POLICE Metropolitan Police is the UK's largest police force and is responsible for the protection of London and Londoners. As well as being the UK's lead force on counter terrorism. Find them at Stall 36.
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MORTON FRASER MACROBERTS Morton Fraser MacRoberts is an independent Scottish law firm with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, providing clear legal advice to businesses, the public sector and individuals and families. Our people are central to everything we do. We are committed to delivering a collaborative and inclusive culture that supports our people to do their best work every day. We believe that bringing your whole self to work makes us a better organisation for our colleaugues and our clients. Find them at Stall 60.
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MOTION FITNESS EDUCATION Motion Fitness Education is one of the UK’s leading training providers, empowering future fitness professionals through CIMSPA-endorsed qualifications in Personal Training, Sports Massage, Yoga, Pilates, and Group Fitness. Delivered with expert support, flexible study options, and a commitment to excellence. Find them at Stall 51.
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NELSON GILMOUR SMITH We are an accountancy firm with branches in Glasgow, East Kilbride and Hamilton. The Glasgow office is a training firm which takes on graduates each year and supports them through the three year process of becoming a Chartered Accountant. The firm provides training and work experience which helps to build on the knowledge that trainees gain from sitting ICAS exams. Find them at Stall 61.
NOVARTIS Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, we work to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach 296 million people worldwide. Find them at Stall 62.
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OUTLANDER FUNCTIONAL FITNESS Outlander Functional Fitness is run by Huw Davis and Laura Stevenson who are both level 2 CrossFit coaches, fitness instructors and personal trainers, in addition to this Huw has a degree in sports science. We offer functional fitness training in Clackmannanshire. Find them at Stall 51.
PROPERTY CONNECTIONS We are an estate agents selling homes throughout West Lothian and Central Scotland. We help families and individuals move house. We value homes, market the homes for sale via social media and portals and our database and help during the whole process. Find them at Stall 6.
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ROYAL AIR FORCE For over a hundred years the Royal Air Force has defended the skies of Britain and projected Britain’s power and influence around the world. Find them at Stall 65.
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ROBERTSON CONSTRUCTION We're one of the largest family-owned construction, infrastructure and support service businesses in the UK. Our purpose is to assure a sustainable future. It's why we are a climate positive company and have ambitious environmental and social targets for the benefit of our people, our partners, and our planet. Find them at Stall 52.
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ROYAL (DICK) SCHOOL OF VETERINARY STUDIES The Dick Vet Equine Hospital is the most advanced equine hospital in Scotland, with more specialists under one roof than anywhere else in the country. It provides routine and emergency care for all equidae (horses, donkeys and mules) and surgical services for some other species including large exotic species, alpacas and farm animals. Find them at Stall 53.
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ROYAL NAVY Travel the world. Make friends for life. Develop skills you never knew you had. And go places you never imagined. Could you be made in the Royal Navy? Find them at Stall 57.
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SIMPLI YOGA Simpli Yoga - Authentic Yoga and Ayurvedic Therapies with Sarah and Suthesh. Sarah has a passion for nature, yoga, art, dance, music, kinesiology and working with children. Sarah is a qualified Primary Teacher and remains registered with the GTC Scotland. She is a certified Yoga teacher for adults, children, teens, and babies. Suthesh, from Kerala in India, is a Naturopath (DNYS), Reiki Master and Ayurvedic/ Yoga Therapist. He has studied yoga for 20 years, taught by the traditional method in his local area with Sad Guru Maniyettan Yogasramam, and later Sri Sri Ravishankar in Bangalore. Find them at Stall 15.
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SIMPSON & BROWN Simpson & Brown is a multi-disciplinary firm offering architecture, archaeology, architectural history, heritage consultancy and master planning. We have a reputation for the design of award-winning sustainable new cultural buildings across the United Kingdom. We improve the quality of the built environment through scholarly conservation work and well-mannered contextual design true to time and place.
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SOILUTIONS LTD We’re experts in solving soil and water contamination problems. Whether it’s investigating sites, designing and installing remediation systems, responding to oil spills, removing invasive weeds, or getting on the ground to restore contaminated land. Find them at Stall 54.
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STARAN ARCHITECTS LTD Architecture practice working on both residential and commercial projects across Scotland and the north of England. Now with a sister company offering project delivery via main contracting and construction management services. Find them at Stall 37.
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STOCKBRIDGE LOCAL Stockbridge Local promotes independent businesses in and around Stockbridge, in Edinburgh - founded by Susannah Morgan - a Former Pupil of Dollar Academy, who has lived in Stockbridge for almost 20 years. Find them at Stall 55.
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THE CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS We are The Conservation Volunteers. Connecting people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both. Join thousands of people and communities across the UK creating a better nature for all. Find them at Stall 8.
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THE INTERIOR COLLECTION Interior Collection trading for over 30 years representing beautiful interior based products including fabrics and textiles, wallpapers, furniture, lighting, bedding, cushions and accessories selling, marketing and working on interior design projects into various customer categories including, Interior Designers, Hotels and Contract Furnishers, Retail Interior and Furniture stores throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland. Find them at Stall 58 and 59.
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THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF SCOTLAND Formed on 28th March 2006, founded on the fighting heritage of historic Scottish Infantry Regiments representing over 390 years’ continuous service to the crown. Our motto is 'Nemo Me Impune Lacessit' (No one provokes me with impunity) – shared with the Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s highest order of chivalry. Find them at Stall 66 and 67.
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THORNTONS LAW LLP As one of Scotland’s largest full-service legal firms, Thorntons offer all the legal advice you need. With a network of offices across Scotland, our legal and estate agency teams are on hand for you with practical and straightforward advice: in person, online or by phone. Whatever’s right for you, we’re ready to help.
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TILLICOULTRY QUARRIES Tillicoultry Quarries is a successful and fast-growing family-owned quarrying company and major supplier of aggregates, asphalt, readymixed concrete, mortar, render and sports sand to the building and road construction industry. We operate in over 35 sites throughout Central Scotland, the North East of England and East Anglia. Find them at Stall 5.
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DR VICTORIA DERMATOLOGY I am a consultant dermatologist working in private practice, caring for adults and children with skin disease. I have global experience in my profession, having worked as a doctor in different countries (UK, New Zealand and the UAE). I have recently returned back to Scotland with my three sons, after 11 years overseas. Find them at Stall 48.
WATERMANS Watermans are a modern law firm and estate agency operating across Scotland with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.We get results. But more than that, we've dedicated our business to uncompliacting the journey that gets us there. Everything we do at Watermans is about getting you the resolution you need and making that process as easy as possible.
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WOMEN’S WORLD BANKING Women’s World Banking is a global non-profit dedicated to financial inclusion and economic empowerment for women. We partner with regulators, fintechs and financial service providers to design policies, products, and investments that reach low-income women. Having served 91 million women across emerging markets, we drive systemic change and gender-equitable finance. Find them at Stall 56.
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FUTURES FAIR 2025