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Pawnbrokers are in the news at the moment with recent pieces in The Telegraph, The Guardian, Metro and
Vistage Scotland recently hosted a very successful open day at the Merchants’ Hall in Edinburgh. Gary Weston, Chairman of Group 19, introduced the speaker Roger Martin-Fagg. One of the most popular Vistage speakers, Roger’s talk was named How Does the Economy Work and What Causes a Recession? They are two big and complex questions which Roger deftly explained with wit and verve. Injecting both humour and clarity into Gross Domestic Product forecasts is not the easiest of tasks but Roger’s engaging delivery ensured that even the most complicated of economic theories was easily digestible. Perhaps the most pressing question for most of the people in attendance was ‘What stage of the recession are we in?’
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When the last of the snow finally melted away in January, the sighs of relief coming from Scottish businesses may have been a little more heartfelt than those coming from the south of the border. Not that England wasn’t badly hit by the weather at the beginning of the year, but, due to its location, Scotland seemed to suffer it for longer and was, perhaps, hit harder.
For example, Inverness, the most northerly city in the United Kingdom with a population of nearly 60,000 people, was cut off for the best part of 24 hours on the 5th of January due to closed roads, a derailment on the main rail link and the
Congratulations to Vistage Scotland member Andy Lothian who has just been nominated by Scottish Enterprise for the IoD Scotlands’ prestigious Director of the Year Awards in the Enabling the Best Use of Skills category.
The nomination follows on from Andy’s 2009 achievements, notably the opening of
Gary became a Vistage chair last year and is a highly motivated individual with a strong desire to succeed, his track record has demonstrated this by substantially improving all the business operations with which he has been associated. Core strengths are ably demonstrated in the areas of Operational Process Improvement, Strategic Planning and high volume Customer Service, utilising innovative technology based solutions whilst being heavily supported by strong Commercial Acumen.
This experience has been gained across a range of industries, including Weir Pumps, Burroughs, Wang Laboratories, Scottish Enterprise, BSkyB,
