Profile: Gerard Eadie

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Scottish entrepreneur Gerard Eadie started his own glazing business, known as the C R Smith firm, at the age of 20 after completing his apprenticeship in 1973. In the beginning, seven employees managed to sell 40 pounds sterling of glazing each week; his firm now does 20 million pounds in annual sales and employs 550 people. Eadie describes himself as a 'hands on' manager, and attributes his success to the competitive spirit he has encouraged throughout the company and the high-quality service provided to customers. One source of frustration for him has been the poor quality of accountants who have worked with his firm; low standards and lack of interest on the part of accounting firms caused him several setbacks in the early years of his business. He feels that, in general, accountants lack flexibility and communication skills.

Products of purchased glass, Glazing, Glazing (Construction), Eadie, Gerard, C. R. Smith

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Profile: Sir Norman Macfarlane

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Macfarlane Group Ltd.'s founder, Norman Macfarlane, began as a business stationer in 1949 with sales of 12,000 pounds sterling per year. Today, Macfarlane Group records annual sales of 50 million pounds and has, through acquisition and expansion, become a packaging manufacturer for Scotland's whiskey industry. The knighted entrepreneur discusses his management theories and acquisition policies, and a brief overview of his company's history is provided. Macfarlane Group has stayed with the same accounting firm, Spicer and Pegler, since the company began. Norman Macfarlane has been appointed as one of the non-executive board members for Guinness since its takeover by DCL, and is director of the Scottish Development Agency.

Personalities, Macfarlane Group PLC, Macfarlane, Norman

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Profile: Alex Hammond-Chambers

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Since 1985, the Scottish financial services firm known as Ivory & Sime has been run by Alex Hammond-Chambers. Hammond-Chambers was born in India and educated in the U.S., France, Germany and Britain. He graduated from Cambridge University, reading in economics in 1964. Ivory and Sime manages more than 2.7 billion pounds sterling for approximately 20 major firms and investment trusts. Hammond-Chambers expresses his admiration for the U.S. system of self-regulation among financial firms, his support for the "Big Bang" of deregulation on the London Stock Exchange, and his favorable views of popular capitalism (which opposes state provision of social services such as health, education and savings for retirement).

Financial services industry, Financial services, Biography, Hammond-Chambers, Alex, Ivory and Sime PLC

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