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The Company was bought by James Tait shortly after his return from the First World War in 1918. With the advent of the then new Companies Act, the Company was registered as Veitch Moir Ltd on 5 November 1927. James Tait ran VM all through the Second World War and he and the Company played major roles in providing food in those hard times. In 1947 James Tait handed over the management of VM to his sons and left to set up businesses in South Africa. There his efforts prospered and he called

two of his sons, Murray and Sidney, to go and run the new family businesses there.

The management of Veitch Moir passed to Malcolm Tait in the 1960s and he subsequently acquired full ownership of the Company. Over the years, VM had branches in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Lerwick and Leith, in addition to the main business in Market Street, Edinburgh. There were two farming activities in the South of

Veitch Moir’s premises in Market Street in the 60s

Scotland, and other businesses included supply of the North Sea oil rigs and the wholesale and distribution of protective clothing. In the management of Dewar Donnithorne-Tait, VM’s current managing director, the Company is responding to changes in the market to continue to provide the high quality services and products which have been the hallmark of Veitch Moir Limited for three generations.