Quickening the pace of change They were taking orders for gin in one corner of the room and delivering them in another. For guests mingling at the new offices of QikServe this was a way of showing them what the company does and how it lives up to its name. As the QikServe-operated kiosk did […]
Working Life
Even Google can’t make up for our DIY failure
Rab McNeil’s Week Top readers among you may recall that, a couple of years ago, the head of one of the big (or formerly big) DIY chains claimed that the sector was failing because of an influx of eastern Europeans who, for some reason, can fix, build and maintain anything, in a way that we […]
Interview: Jim Mellon, global investor
It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it Jim Mellon is 60. He doesn’t want anyone to know that, so just keep it between you and me, okay? What’s interesting, though, is that he could be just half way through his life, if current predictions are anything to go by. Mellon is a rich […]
Interview: Jamie Graves, ZoneFox
Monitoring the enemy within: Wine and ale were flowing and opera singer Ciara Harvie, best known as a contestant on TV talent show The Voice, was entertaining the guests. Jamie Graves was throwing a party and he wanted to put on a bit of a show. Graves appeared sporting a hipster’s beard, though the dark […]
How I lost my way in the corridors of power
Rab McNeil’s Week I like to keep abreast of developments at the old Scotsman building on Edinburgh’s North Bridge, where I spent many years in grinding toil leavened by moral relativism and existential doubt. Here, I first discovered that there was no god. All that aside, we read on this very website that the old […]