Sun always shines
PERHAPS it is a sunny outlook that has helped entrepreneur Rowan Gormley be so successful in business.
As the rain lashed biblically down on the streets of Glasgow last week, the chief executive of Naked Wines arrived for the company's meet the winemaker tasting dressed in shorts and a T-shirt.
With 150,000 customers now signed up to the crowd-funded business, which gives wine buffs access to top-drawer wines around the world for £20 a month, it was no surprise to see him take the inclement weather in his stride.
Toffee break
WITH new Bank of England Governor Mark Carney reportedly an Everton fan, we can't help but wonder whether his monetary policy will be influenced by his choice of (heavily in debt) soccer team.
Will Mr Carney opt for the grit and steely determination that marked David Moyes' tenure in charge at Goodison Park, or will it be the more free flowing and attractive style associated with new Everton boss Roberto Martinez?
Either way Mr Carney – on a base salary of £480,000 – will comfortably be able to afford the £695 price for a season ticket to follow the Toffees.
Jargon buster
HACKS across the land will have been heartened to hear about a new tool to help public relations (PR) executives to rid their press releases of senseless jargon.
The Buzzsaw, developed by PR firm Twelve Thirty Eight, is said to have cleansed as many as 10,000 press releases of corporate buzzwords in the four months it has been live.
Among the latest terms to have ended up on the cutting room floor are "bail in", "the very DNA" and, perhaps our favourite "ideate".
The Bottom Line looks forward to enjoying the fruits of its endeavours in the months ahead.
Grape expectations
IF you can't beat 'em, join 'em. That was part of the rationale behind Scottish wine salesman Guy Chatfield's decision to join Inverarity Morton after years of competing with the Glasgow-based wholesaler while at Justerini & Brooks, Matthew Clark and, most recently, Buitino.
"I'm so glad I don't have to compete with them now," remarked a delighted Guy, who starts his new job as director of wine sales with IM on July 1.
Whether the staff discount is better at IM than Boutinot we could not possibly comment.
Bureaucrat terror
HAS the Scottish Parliament had a common-sense by-pass? Humble business and charity folk invited by Ken Macintosh MSP to a Payments Council briefing did not mind waiting patiently behind 30 primary age schoolchildren to pass through the airport-style security scanner. But then each child had to remove their anorak and place it in the plastic tray. When they smartly attempted to pile a few on to each tray to save time, fingers wagged. One at a time. Clearly no chances can be taken with terrorist threats to Holyrood from nine-year-old Edinburgh schoolkids. Staff follow orders, but is there a manager in the house?
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