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Irn man steeled for change

Saturday Interview: Robin Barr, company chairman and the gatekeeper for an iconic soft drink, tells Mark Smith it is time to look ahead.

Robin Barr, the last member of a family dynasty to rule over one of Scotland's oldest and perhaps most iconic commercial entities, is unsentimental as he prepares to vacate the company's 120-year-old headquarters in Parkhead.