Interview: Craig Alexander Rattray, growth strategist As an accountant-turned-growth-strategist Craig Alexander Rattray has been inside a lot of boardrooms and worked with many owners and executives, and he’s prepared to offer an honest assessment about what he’s found. He says that even those controlling the money don’t always have a grip on what they are […]
Interviews
Fintech’s new champion in search of solutions
Interview: Nicola Anderson , CEO FinTech Scotland Growing up on a farm in Northern Ireland, Nicola Anderson could have opted for the outdoor life, something she’s always enjoyed. Instead she set her heart on becoming a doctor. That’s until she discovered economics. A career in business beckoned. Since studying the subject in Liverpool, her journey […]
Going with the Phlo as online delivery is just the tonic
Interview: Nadeem Sarwar, online entrepreneur As with comedy, success in business can come down to good timing. While everybody wants the Covid crisis to go away, it has fed a number of businesses which were well-placed to respond. Nadeem Sarwar’s online pharmacy and delivery company, Phlo, launched last autumn hoping to disrupt the traditional chemist […]
Dipping deeper into the world of flexible working
Interview: Mark Gibson, Capito In a year of change probably like no other in recent times there can be few white collar workers unfamiliar with the shift to home working and virtual communication. Mark Gibson can claim to have been ahead of the game, spotting the trend last summer before hardly anyone outside the tech […]
Unlocking Scotland’s tech potential
Interview: Alan Faichney, serial tech director They say that investors ultimately back the people in a business, because a great idea rarely works out well with the wrong people in charge. Alan Faichney would concur, and has been known to dispense with those not suited to the challenge ahead. However, he admits to being more […]