Liz Barclay: brought up in the sector Interview: Liz Barclay, Small Business Commissioner Small firms, we’re constantly told, underpin the economy, though they also have to suffer many of its burdens. Like the constant struggle with late payments, one of the biggest causes of company failures and now getting the full attention of a government-created […]
Interviews
Build and buy plan creates a wealth of solutions
Interview: David Montgomery, wealth manager There was a bit of understandable edginess in David Montgomery’s voice as he spoke about a personal emergency confronting him. He was due to fly out to Florida the following week for a family holiday but had just heard that the US authorities were raising questions that might prevent them […]
Boutique adviser eyeing SME deals market
Dealmaker: Harry Linklater (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Harry Linklater, corporate finance director Harry Linklater has been through the startup and growth phase a few times, first with the so-called ‘young turks’ at Rutherford Manson Dowds which, twenty-odd years ago, promised to shake-up the accountancy and corporate finance market, and latterly with his corporate finance business, […]
Interview: Joe Pacitti, MD of CEED
Joe Pacitti (pic: Terry Murden) So, how many times have you been made redundant? “Seven,” replies Joe Pacitti. “If you work in engineering you have have to get used to downsizing and restructuring.” It’s a bold statement that partly explains the chunky CV, and might be enough to put some people off even entering the […]
Retailers battling for home advantage
Retail revival: Vivien Smith and Fallon Cowley (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Vivien Smith and Fallon Cowley, retail entrepreneurs We’ve all got used to retail being in retreat, with the loss of well-known names and once-busy shopping streets blighted by boarded up units. So the re-opening of a derelict unit in one of Scotland’s commuter hotspots […]