DM Hall to make seven figure IT investment

Scottish chartered surveyor DM Hall will make a seven-figure investment in IT and management infrastructure this year.

DM Hall, which has 25 partners and 230 staff, will invest heavily in "out of the box" IT solutions to give the firm greater control over its systems and processes.

Eric Curran, managing partner of DM Hall said: "2016 will be a very important year for the firm, and we are entering into this exciting new expansionary phase in good shape and in good heart.

"Most importantly, we are expanding for all the right reasons, and going in the right direction to ensure that we stay ahead of our clients' expectations and continue to provide a service of outstanding quality."

It will also push its graduate programme this year and launch a rebranding campaign, which will emphasise the firm's commitment to fast-moving technology

Curran added: "Over the year we will be actively identifying the right people who, in the fullness of time, will be ready to take the firm on to future successes and, as the current management is doing, create a legacy for the next generation.

"As well as promoting a succession layer into place, we will also be concentrating on the entry level by nurturing and enhancing our graduate intake, which was a healthy 17 last year and will be boosted to in the region of 20 graduates a year over the next three-to-five years.

"The firm's focus will remain on graduate training, which has proved to be an admirable means of fostering the DM Hall ethos, rather than lateral transfers, which have the potential to cause issues over skill sets and integration."