At the end of October, the firm’s residential property manager, Jacqui Dougray, emailed all staff and partners and suggested that this year, rather than organising the annual firm-wide Secret Santa, people might consider donating to the charity.

On 7 December, the company car was loaded up with a mountain of shopping, which was delivered to CFine HQ. A second ‘sleigh run’ from the firm’s Inverness office to Blythswood, a similar charity based in the Highlands, took place the following day.