Euan McSherry: expects to be busy ahead of COP26 (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Euan McSherry, disputes lawyer There’s a certain symmetry between Euan McSherry’s day job dealing with company disputes, and his fondness for marathons. Both require a lot of preparation and stamina, particularly for those uphills battles he confronts while running, or the tricky […]
Beating a path to personal discovery
Stevie Kidd: ‘people have no coping strategies’ (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Stevie Kidd, entrepreneur and motivational coach Perhaps it is no surprise that Stevie Kidd turned his attention to the motivation business, working with those who have lost their way, their mojo, their purpose, or are looking for an explanation about the why, where and […]
A sobering lesson for BrewDog’s self-styled beer anarchists
AS IT SEE IT: Could the criticisms aimed at the brewing group prompt a change of management, asks TERRY MURDEN What a difference a tweet makes. Scottish brewer and pubs group BrewDog felt the full force of a social media storm after a group of employees decided it was time to blow the whistle on […]
Why it’s time to re-boot the financial sector
AS I SEE IT: A new five-year strategy from SFE was notable for what it failed to mention, says TERRY MURDEN Over the last two decades the famous institutions that once dominated Scotland’s financial services sector have been steadily gobbled up, turned into brands or just discarded by their owners. The only remaining independents of […]
Green targets risk becoming green barriers
AS I SEE IT: Scottish Enterprise is in danger of narrowing the scope of its support for small firms, says TERRY MURDEN Barely a day goes by without a company issuing news about its plans to cut nasty emissions and other environmentally bad practices, otherwise known as achieving ‘net zero’. Everybody, it seems, is going […]