As a number of you will know on Thursday we attended the Aberdeen Grampian Chamber of Commerce Northern Star Business Awards Gala Dinner, as we had been selected as finalists for the "Socially Responsible Company of the Year Award". Much to our surprise I am thrilled to say we won! It made for a very overwhelming and rather surreal night, and left me with more than a touch of a hangover on Friday!

As a result I would like to say thank you ever so much to everyone who has emailed, phoned, sent cards, texts, messages and flowers to congratulate us on our win. We've been bowled over by the kindness from you all. My hangover has abated, and although in shock we are getting used to the infamy! John was even stopped in Kemnay by a well wisher on Saturday!

We've celebrated our sixth birthday on Wednesday, and are delighted with this latest success for the practice. It's taken a great deal of hard work and as with all our projects, its always a team effort so many thanks need to go also to our client at HCC, the contractor, Andy Dudek, and Steve Mitchell of Beedie Mitchell, the QS, without whom we would be lost. Our full press release is in the news section of our website, with a selection of links to various bits that have been in the Press and Journal, online and even on the telly!