Stewart Milne CBE, DBA (honoris causa), DTech (honoris causa) (born 23 July 1950)[1] is a Scottish businessman and former football club chairman, from Alford, Aberdeenshire.
Stewart Milne | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 July 1950 (age 75) |
| Known for | Chairman of Aberdeen F.C. (1998 - 2019) |
Milne is a major shareholder in Aberdeen F.C., and joined the club's board of directors in 1994 to replace Dick Donald, subsequently becoming chairman in 1998. In November 2019, shortly after opening a new training facility on the western outskirts of the city, he announced that he would be stepping down as chairman.[2]
He has an honorary doctorate in business administration from Robert Gordon University (December 2000),[3] and an honorary doctorate of technology from Edinburgh Napier University (November 2007),[citation needed] and an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University, in recognition of his outstanding entrepreneurial contribution to the housebuilding, construction and property development industry and to the Scottish economy, also for services to higher education in Scotland.[citation needed] He earned the 2005 Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year award. In the 2008 New Year Honours, he was awarded a CBE for services to the housebuilding industry in Scotland.[4]
Stewart Milne Group
editMilne founded the Aberdeen-based Stewart Milne Construction Group, a housebuilding contractor, in 1975.[5] He started off his business renovating bathrooms.[6]
Stewart Milne Group sold its timber frame manufacturing subsidiary to Fife-based James Donaldson & Sons (later Donaldson Group) in 2021.[7] In April 2022, the group announced that the housebuilding business was up for sale.[8] In January 2024, the Scottish housebuilding business went into administration with the loss of 217 jobs,[9] due to "the slump in the oil-linked property market around Aberdeen and the firm's hesitance to buy land during Covid".[10] The group's English subsidiary,[11] Manchester-based Stewart Milne Homes North West England (Developments) Ltd, also went into administration, on 12 January 2023, with Homes England set to lose up to £9.2m as a result.[12] The group collapsed owing suppliers and subcontractors £153m.[13]
References
edit- 1 2 "Torphins-born sparkie now a construction millionaire". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen. 11 May 2005. p. 18. Retrieved 20 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Aberdeen chairman Stewart Milne to step down as club may look to stay at Pittodrie, The Scotsman, 22 November 2019
- ↑ "Graduation December 2000" (PDF). rgu.ac.uk. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ↑ "Award for one of Aberdeen College's most famous former students | Aberdeen City News | STV Local". local.stv.tv. 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Hastie, Paul (10 January 2024). "Stewart Milne: The rise and fall of a housebuilding giant". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Thoms, Anne (3 June 1975). "Speedy help for home-seekers". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Findlay, Keith (16 December 2021). "Stewart Milne Group focused on housebuilding after sale of timber kit arm". Press and Journal. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ↑ Prior, Grant (21 April 2022). "Stewart Milne Group puts house builder up for sale". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ↑ Paterson, Laura (9 January 2024). "Fears grow for housebuilders after Stewart Milne Group enters administration". The Standard. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ↑ Gayne, Daniel (31 January 2024). "How and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers". Building. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ↑ "Stewart Milne's English construction business set to follow rest of firm into administration". Building. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ↑ Weinfass, Iain (22 January 2024). "Exclusive: Homes England owed £9.2m by collapsed Stewart Milne". Construction News. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ↑ Prior, Grant (22 February 2024). "Stewart Milne went down owing supply chain £153m". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 23 February 2024.