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Now is time for new business magazine

A new magazine aimed at businesses in the north-east of Scotland has hit the streets for the first time.

Business Now is a free quarterly title – editorially led by a former boss of an award-winning Aberdeen newspaper which closed six years ago.

Published in a joint venture between Mackintosh Media Ltd and House of Morgan, a graphic design agency and wedding directory publisher, the magazine printed 20,000 copies for its launch issue.

The first issue highlights the impact the economy might have on the referendum debate and future editions plan to focus on finance, oil, gas, the property market, appointments and upcoming business events.

“The aim of Business Now is to give another voice to the commercial community in the north-east, and to allow readers to keep up-to-date with what is happening currently in the business world,” said a company spokesman.

Editor Eric Farquharson – ex-managing director of the Aberdeen Independent which in its 12-year existence was named free newspaper of the year eight times by the Scottish Newspaper Society – has a team of six copywriters and three graphic designers.