Venturehaus trains its sights on capital

A TRAINING and consultancy firm that specialises in financial services is bucking the credit crisis by opening a new base in Scotland.

Venturehaus will open a new office in the centre of Edinburgh headed by Scots-born John Slavin, who is said to have more than 20 years' industry experience working for the likes of Logica, PwC and KPMG.

Alan Noble, managing director of Venturehaus, said: "John can open the company to new opportunities in Scotland and we are delighted he has accepted the role.

"I have no doubt he will make an incredibly valuable contribution not just to Venture-British Land's Stephen Hetser is being tipped to becomes RBS chief executivehaus, but also to our clients in Edinburgh and Glasgow with their own process improvement programmes."

Managing directors Robin Davies and Alan Noble took the decision at the start of the year to open a new location in Edinburgh. Davies said: "To be honest, it wasn't a hard decision.

"The Scottish financial market is booming and our consultants are travelling to Edinburgh and Glasgow particularly on a weekly, sometimes even daily, basis."