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Stewart Milne and family

Profits at Stewart Milne Group rose 40% in the year to June 2006 when founder and chairman Milne, 56, received a £5.3m salary. Moving into the English market helped the Aberdeen-based construction firm and it is worth an estimated £300m. Milne and his family have a 94.4% stake.