By Ian Fraser Sunday Herald October 29th, 2000 ALEX NEIL certainly has the vital credentials for his new job – but that’s no guarantee Scotland is in for any backslapping, consensual politics. Neil is the convener of the powerful enterprise and lifelong learning committee and expects to be working alongside new Scottish Executive minister Wendy […]
By Ian Fraser Sunday Herald October 22nd, 2000 New technology stocks may still be in the dog house, but for dot.com dame Martha Lane Fox it’s very much business as usual, says Ian Fraser SEVEN months ago Lastminute.com and its founders Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox were the epitome of cool. Shares in their […]
By Ian Fraser Published: Sunday Herald Date: October 29th, 2000 LIVING out of a suitcase for nine of the last 12 months was not always a comfortable experience for Jonny Maxwell (pictured left), chief executive of private equity at Standard Life Investments. Maxwell’s schedule became so hectic that he would sometimes wake up in a hotel room […]
By Ian Fraser Published: Sunday Herald Date: October 15th, 2000 IT was to be the £200 million landmark headquarters of Europe’s third largest bank, a new building that would have reasserted Royal Bank of Scotland’s commitment to Edinburgh, just as Norman Foster’s Commerzbank tower reinforces the German financial giant’s future in Frankfurt am Main. The […]