Rebecca and Jenny were sitting in their office feeling very sad, when they decided suddenly that it might make them happy if they started their own recruitment business and give people the service that they deserved.

So in September 1999, in a small attic room in a building on a cobbled street in Edinburgh the adventure began.

They say that from small acorns mighty oak trees grow and recruitment is no different. From those humble beginnings Rebecca and Jenny have established a lovely business. We didn't want to stop there though and dreamt that one day all recruitment companies would be as good as ours. Rebecca decided to grow the Cuthbert family offering talented people the chance to work under our special brand. If you want to find out more, go to our franchisee page or download our franchise brochure.

El McVie picked up the Team of the Year Award at the Scottish Recruitment Awards in May 2007. Lynda Simmonds is also part of the winning Property Recruitment Team.

In order to recognise and reward the fantastic work that lawyers do in Scotland, we came up with The Cuthbert Scottish Legal Awards. Now, in their sixth year, they attract over six hundred people to an amazing lunch in February. This year, we'll be at the Glasgow Hilton on Friday 22nd February. As it is our sixth year, we have asked Alan Hansen to be our guest speaker and he jumped at the chance. Log onto the legal awards website www.thescottishlegalawards.com and nominate your favourite lawyer and law firm now.