The backroom boy
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GLD Productions is run by 32-year-old Graeme Dixon to meet all backstage requirements of rockstars. His work includes decorating dressing room areas in more salubrious style than which they are found, organising delivery of grand pianos through windows by crane, hiring full-sized snooker tables which take four people four hours to set up, locating sources of liquid nitrogen and providing thousands of balloons.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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It's a dog's life - but not as we know it
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Sue McCourt, breeder of Skye terriers, has had considerable success showing her dogs. She has attracted some criticism, with some observers seeing her as 'too professional, ' but believes that her methods are the best. She gives her dogs a great deal of attention, keeping them in special pens and spending many hours grooming them.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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Brilliant but fallible, swashbuckling but reserved: David Gower is the sort of hero that sport no longer admits. And more's the pity ...
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Former England cricket captain David Gower now has the air of a successful businessman, having become an influential media personality. He has developed a brisk efficiency which was not visible when he was actually playing cricket. He was then seen as hesitant and indecisive, even though he was respected as a player.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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