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• Bank chief: We want to lend more to companies

  ROYAL Bank of Scotland's head of corporate banking says he wants to expand his balance sheet by lending to companies capable of paying him back.

• Lifelong passion for film put video company in the picture

  IN this week's SME Focus an enterprising young film-lover explains how he has developed a business out of his passion for the medium after following an extremely unconventional route into the industry.

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  Mallice not running scared of difficult decisions at ISG

  THE training regime Andy Mallice is going through for the 54-mile Caledonian Challenge hike has some parallels with his role as managing director in Scotland for construction firm ISG.

• MALLICE CV

  ANDY Mallice grew up in Stenhousemuir, near Falkirk, and went on to study civil and structural engineering at Glasgow University.

• FirstGroup takes on new director

  ABERDEEN-based bus and rail company FirstGroup has finally filled its finance director vacancy with the recruitment of Chris Surch, who currently holds the same post at waste management group Shanks.

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  Starting up in the midst of a recession was a challenge

  IN this week's SME Focus the owners of an IT business that has achieved strong growth amid challenging conditions say ministers could do much more to help small firms access public sector contracts that could provide a real boost to sales.

• How son's bread allergy led his mother to a Genius idea

  When Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne's son Robin was 18-months-old she was confronted with an issue that can be a source of endless heartache for some parents.

• Scots technology firms 'must know true value'

  THE head of software strategy at the United States-based IBM Venture Capital Group is warning Scottish companies not to get too carried away with huge technology business valuations.