Farewell drink
CLYDESDALE Bank owner CYBG will soon have to
get used to life without Debbie Crosbie, its
long-serving chief operating officer.
Ms Crosbie, praised this week as a “force of nature” by colleague Fergus Murphy, is poised to end a 20-year association with the Glasgow-based bank to become chief executive of TSB.
With the executive poised to earn a salary
of around £1 million in
her new post at TSB, CYBG colleagues will
be hoping Ms Crosbie buys them a farewell drink or two.
As for the location of the leaving night, might we humbly suggest the Counting House, the Wetherspoon pub based
in a former bank just around the corner from CYBG’s head office in Glasgow?
Power of youth
SCOTTISH infrastructure giant Robertson has been seeking to inspire its stars of tomorrow.
The company welcomed 80 staff aged 16 to 28, above, to its inaugural Catalysts Conference at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, where the aim was to encourage attendees to take charge of their own career paths and find their voices within the organisation.
Motivational speeches were provided by Social Bite entrepreneur Josh Littlejohn, mountaineer and adventurer Mollie Hughes, and John Loughton, founder of Dare2Lead, the social enterprise focused on realising individuals’ leadership potential.
Derek Shewan, chief executive of Robertson, said: “I was delighted to
be part of our conference and see the enthusiasm, creativity and passion
from everyone involved.”
Crisp and even
THERE is seemingly no end to crisp makers’ desire to tap into seasonal culinary trends.
Take Walkers, which is currently flooding the shelves with its wonderfully-titled Crispmas range. Time was prawn cocktail was the last word in exotic flavours, but now you can tickle your taste buds with a hint of Brussel sprouts.
Tudor once claimed its pickled onion snacks were so good people would climb a mountain for them. We’re not quite so sure consumers would feel the same way about sprouts.
But fear not, dear reader. Walkers has also launched a range for “haters” of the humble green vegetable, including glazed ham, turkey and stuffing and cheese and cranberry. Clearly, no stone is left unturned in the pursuit of festive sales.
Fancy that
AT first blush, the news
that BrewDog had opened a bar in Budapest did
not strike The Bottom Line as being particularly startling.
After all, it was the 76th to be opened by the Aberdeenshire brewer around the world.
But word reaches us that when BrewDog announced the opening, on November 16, it was almost 145 years to the day Budapest was created as the capital of Hungary with the unification of Buda, Obuda and Pest on November 17, 1873.
That is surely a coincidence worth raising a glass of Punk IPA to.
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