Founded in January 2007 by Norman Geddes, senior partner at Frazer Coogans Solicitors and Murdoch MacDonald of Fame Publicity Services, the purpose of the Circle is to publicise its members, and to celebrate and promote the rich diversity of industry, commerce and business services available here within the county boundaries of Ayrshire in southwest Scotland.
Members include the Clydesdale Bank, Ayr Racecourse and the Western House Hotel, and member company activities include building and construction, estate agency and land management, legal services, insurance broking, brand management, website design and public relations consultancy.
To find out more and to request an invitation to join the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle, e-mail
Wherever you are in the world, no other public relations consultancy, PR firm or publicity company can offer you a better or more cost-effective worldwide news distribution service, combined with search engine optimisation techniques that will drive customers and qualified sales leads to your company's website.
But first and foremost Fame Publicity Services is an Ayrshire business, enthusiastically celebrating the wealth and rich variety of business services and entrepreneurial talent that abounds here in south-west Scotland. Contact Murdoch MacDonald at Fame Publicity Services now to see how we can use news and feature stories about your business in order to obtain unrivalled international media coverage, and at the same time dramatically increase your visibility on the Internet. And scroll on down this page for our contact details, or CLICK HERE to view our latest press releases.
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Heading up Fame Publicity Services is Murdoch MacDonald, a graduate of Magdalene College, Cambridge University, where his journalistic contemporaries included John Simpson, now World Affairs Editor with the BBC, and Alan Rusbridger, Editor of the Guardian. Murdoch MacDonald has been in the public relations industry and a freelance journalist and broadcaster for 35 years. He now runs Ayrshire’s top PR consultancy Fame Publicity Services. He is also managing director of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle, an association of some of the top companies in Ayrshire.
Murdoch and his wife Lilian (pictured together above) have written a book called “Phoenix in a Bottle”, which tells the story of the couple’s recovery from alcoholism.
“Phoenix in a Bottle” (ISBN 9781905226146) is published by Melrose Books price £16.99. It is available direct from the publishers, on Amazon UK, and from many good online bookstores.