Managing executives: The money, the perks and the status of being in a senior job is a potent cocktail. Executive life at the top can be addictive, seductive, and certainly lucrative. But what happens when the music stops and there are not enough chairs to around? Mergers, closures and cutbacks also happen. Two jobs are […]
Space to chill in chic hillside hotel
Hotel review – Macdonald Monchique Hotel, Portugal: Stylish and ultra-modern, the Macdonald Monchique Resort & Spa, north of Portugal’s popular Algarve region, is certainly of its time. Spectacularly angular, it is almost entirely grey and white, reflecting a minimalism that also contributes to the deliberately spacial design. It is the Scots-based Macdonald group’s second hotel […]
A haven of peace is just so Stobo
Travel review: There was a howling wind and the rain was making it hard to see the road ahead. Storm Barbara had swept in from the Atlantic and we felt like the car was about to be washed away. It was, though, a perfect way to arrive at our destination. A warm welcome took on […]