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Scottish Vistage member Graham Bell was in the news yesterday when The Herald ran a glowing piece on The Kibble Centre in Paisley, the social enterprise of which he is the Chief Executive. The article was full of praise for the charity, the way it is run and the way in which it inspires similar organisations. ‘K

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Edinburgh was recently crowned Europe's Best Small City of the Future for a second successive year. With apologies to our Vistage Scotland members who are not based in Edinburgh, we thought we would draw your attention to a report on the European Cities and Regions of the Future as compiled by fDi Magazine, an offshoot of the Financial Times. The full report is here but, in summary, judged on

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McKinnon and Clarke

McKinnon and Clarke

sgilroy, Feb 08, 2010

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Sandy McKinnonIn January, the global energy consultancy, McKinnon & Clarke announced that it had been sold to mid-market growth investor Lyceum Capital for £22million. The Fife based company has soared in value over the last few years under the guidance of a management team that included three past and present Vistage Scotland members. The company’s founder Sandy McKinnon and its CEO Simon Northrop were both long term Vistage members and director Sandra Birrell has been an active member of Edinburgh’s Vistage 19 group

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Bookspeed changes gear

Bookspeed changes gear

sgilroy, Jan 20, 2010

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Last year’s volatile economic climate may have seen the end of the High Street giant Borders but, for others in the book trade, it was a bumper year. Vistage Scotland member and co-founder of Bookspeed, Kingsley Dawson saw his business expand very successfully. “We had an excellent year last year with business growing by 15% which we are very pleased about,’ he says. Bookspeed offers free consultations to the gift, leisure and heritage sectors. A unique service, it advises which titles are best suited to each business and then supplies the relevant books. Well known existing clients such as Canterbury Cathedral, Yor

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