Stewart McColl, the chief executive of listed architect SMC Group, this week set out his global ambitions at a company conference.

After completing his expansion in the UK and Ireland, McColl has his sights set on Europe, the Far East and Australia. Turnover is expected to reach 拢58m in 2007 but he has ambitions to capture 3% of the global architecture market 鈥� equal to 拢2.5bn. The group鈥檚 projects include the redevelopment of Bradford Cathedral by SMC Alsop (pictured).