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  Growing holiday company's boss has always had drive

  LIKE many entrepreneurs, Steve Turbill has been through a dark period when he wondered if he had done the right thing.

• Wilson enjoys AGM approval

  SCOTTISH Enterprise chief executive Lena Wilson has had her appointment to the board of testing services provider Intertek as a non-executive director approved with 99.89% support from shareholders.

• SWIP in chairman call after Glencore shareholder coup

  EDINBURGH-based fund manager Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has called for the appointment of an independent chairman with widespread support at Glencore Xstrata after a shareholder coup ousted incumbent Sir John Bond.

• The Bottom Line: Herald Business Diary

  A lengthy history

• Genius move will supply gluten-free rolls to Caffe Nero

  GENIUS has clinched a deal to supply gluten-free rolls, made in Scotland, for sale in Caffe Nero coffee shops, which is expected to result in a big boost in its profile.

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  Bischoff to retire but leaves Lloyds 'on track'

  SIR Winfried Bischoff has revealed he is retiring as the £713,000-a-year non-executive chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, three-and-a-half years after being hired to steady the bank after Lloyds TSB's troubled rescue takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland.

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  KBVO boss connecting with customers to grow business

  IN this week's SME Focus we hear of a couple who were able to take more control of important aspects of their lives after accepting the risks that an entrepreneurial existence entails.

• TRADING PLACES Kindness for Santander Smith joins Burness Paull Linda moves to Galleries Shepherd boosts team Statham on the move