"Kilgour arranged a bank loan and in June 1989 he launched Four Seasons Health Care, taking the name from a restaurant in Midtown Manhattan where he had once dined."
"The following year, the government in Westminster started to transfer responsibility for social care on to local councils. This gave businessmen such as Kilgour a huge opportunity."
"Demand boomed. Kilgour opened three other homes in Kirkcaldy, another overlooking the Firth of Forth, and a further one near Dundee."
"By 1997, he owned seven care homes across Scotland, successfully navigating the challenges of the care industry."
In 1987, Robert Kilgour purchased an old hotel in Kirkcaldy, intending to develop it into apartments. After losing a crucial government grant, he pivoted to convert the hotel into a care home, launching Four Seasons Health Care in 1989. The shift coincided with a government policy change that transferred social care responsibilities to local councils, creating a surge in demand for private care homes. Kilgour expanded his business rapidly, opening multiple homes and engaging in various philanthropic and political activities by 1997.
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