[2] He proudly recalled honing his business skills at a Barrowlands stall selling reject toffee.
[2][5] The bank provided finance and advice to up-and-coming companies, its success aided by the emerging exploitation of oil in the North Sea.
[4][8] Noble Grossart provided backing to a number of Scottish businesses and entrepreneurs, including Pict Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration company, the Wood Group, a company proving services to the oil industry, Sir Tom Farmer, founder of the Kwik Fit chain of garages, Sir Brian Souter, founder of the Stagecoach Group of bus and rail operators, Benny Higgins, a banker with the Royal Bank of Scotland, and James Gulliver, founder of Argyll Foods.
[9] Grossart was also vice-chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland from 1982 to 2005 and was appointed chairman of the Scottish Futures Trust in 2000.
[2] Other roles included chairman of the Scottish Investment Trust between 1975 and 2003, director at Murray International Holdings, chairman of Lyon & Turnbull, and he was on the boards of Scottish & Newcastle and Trinity Mirror and Alexander & Alexander, the insurance company.