Mystery name
A FAMILIAR name from the financial world appeared to resurface on the morning of the EU referendum.
A full-page advert taken out in a London-based broadsheet newspaper carried a message on the plebiscite to voters from a certain Walter Scott Ph.D.
It said: “If you really want to remain, then you must vote leave… because that’s the only way you get to discuss terms!”
Could this possible be the reclusive nuclear physicist turned fund manager Walter Scott who sold his eponymous investment boutique to Bank of New York Mellon for £400 million in 2006?
It's a living thing
SCOTTISH computer repair chain SimplyFixIt says it has become the first of its kind in the UK to pay the Living Wage.
Bosses say it means its 35 staff are guaranteed to earn £2184 a year more than the minimum wage – enough to buy a new iPhone, iPad and Macbook laptop, with plenty of change left over.
SimplyFixIt says is the first tech and computer repair specialist in the UK to be accredited as a Living Wage employer. Now the firm, which operates in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dalkeith, hopes tech giants like Apple and PC World will follow its example.
Scott Wilkinson, the firm’s business development manager said: “We’re extremely proud to be the first in our sector to be accredited and we hope that sets down a marker for others to follow.
“To be the first in your field always feels special. But to be a leader in such a vitally important area is particularly gratifying, knowing we are supporting our staff in a way that others might not be. When it comes to acting ethically there’s only one side to be on.”
Back to the greens
THE Institute of Directors (IoD) will hold its annual conference at Gleneagles for the next two years after striking a fresh deal with the prestigious Perthshire resort.
The next conference, which will focus on “The Business of Leadership”, will take place at Gleneagles on November 3 and 4. Speakers will include former Wood Group boss Bob Keiller, above, Standard Life chief people officer Sandy Begbie, and Social Bite founder and entrepreneur Josh Littlejohn.
IoD Scotland director David Watts said: “The deal with Gleneagles has delivered a real boost to the conference programme, while maintaining the high level of value our members look for. Our members like to travel to a central location, and the additional ‘cachet’ that the iconic Gleneagles Hotel brings, along with the world-class speaker programme we are lining up, will be a real draw for Scotland’s business leaders from all sectors.”
Brexit banter
BACK on the referendum, lawyers say that if polarised views on the EU vote spill out into the workplace, banter could turn into bullying.
“A belief in the EU, or alternatively the sovereignty of the UK, might be capable of being a ‘philosophical belief’ protected under UK discrimination law,” says Irwin Mitchell partner Glenn Hayes.
“Employers have a duty to dampen down any conflict in their workplace about the implications of Brexit... it may come as a surprise but previous cases have found that a belief in climate change, anti-fox hunting and left wing democratic socialist beliefs have all been held to be capable of protection.”
Back with a laugh
KEN McCulloch, the veteran hotelier who launched Glasgow’s One Devonshire Gardens and created the Malmaison hotel chain, doesn’t miss his old life in Monaco, it seems.
Mr McCulloch spent 10 years in the principality, where he developed a hotel with partners including the former Formla One driver David Coulthard.
The hotelier, who has just launched the Dakota Deluxe hotel in Glasgow city centre, told an English-based newspaper: “Monaco was la-la-land. You miss the humour in this country.”
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