Child’s play
IN an age when parents battle to limit the amount of screen time they allow their children, it is reassuring to hear some of the old ways still prevail.
Rutherglen toymaker H Grossman, which in recent years has cashed in on the loom band and fidget spanner crazes, has unveiled what it hopes to be a money spinner in 2019 – dog poo.
But this is not just any old novelty excrement. This one comes with “two flies for that realistic effect” – just in case there was any doubt as to what it is.
Managing director Martin Grossman explains: “Toilet humour has always been popular with kids and this year we have lots of fun filled pots of putty and slime. I think dog poo will be a favourite although Llama poo and flamingo poo will also be on the list.”
Intrigued? The ersatz stool can be yours for just 99p for a pot of putty and matching flies.
Senior counsel
NICOLA Taylor is these days very much the driving force for Glasgow-based Chardon Hotels. But she can still count on the counsel of her father, the hotelier Maurice Taylor who has worked in the industry for 50 years and now chairman of the company.
Ms Taylor, who became chief executive of Chardon two years ago and has been a director of the family business since 2003 , said: “He comes in every day. I’m convinced that’s because he has nowhere else to go, and my mum doesn’t want him under her feet!”
Ms Taylor added: “He still likes to understand what is going on, because a lot of the business has changed. A lot of it is much more automated.”
Brexit watch
JD WETHERSPOON updated the City on its festive trading yesterday. But it was no surprise to see chairman Tim Martin take the opportunity to bang the drum about Brexit.
A quick calculation showed that, in the 233 words of quotes provided by Mr Martin, most, 165 were devoted to Brexit, with just 68 related directly to trading. To be fair, it was not quite as indulgent as Mr Martin’s last update in November, when he offered a 1,102 treatise on the advantages of free trade. That compared with 119 words of commentary on Wetherspoon. One wonders how he will occupy himself when the tortuous Brexit process is finally concluded.
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