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advisors.
We don’t hire juniors or office temps, so
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People to work remotely from any destination,
as a bespoke unit or individual service provider.
Because you’re always on the move, we are
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Click on each member
of The Very People to find out more
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| Kenny is a journalist and writer with 25 years' experience in UK national dailies and Scottish Sunday newspapers. He was a staffer on the Evening Standard in London and Features Editor on Today. He spent 10 years on The Scotsman and was the founding Business Editor of the Sunday Herald. He is co-author of Go: An Airline Adventure with Barbara Cassani; author of Flight of the Titans, Boeing, Airbus and the battle for the future of air travel, Destination Space. He is also writer of the Entrepreneurial Exchange's book Portraits of Inspiration, a celebration of Scotland's entrepreneurs, and co-wrote Sir Richard Branson's best-selling business book, Business Stripped Bare. He lives in Edinburgh and owns Kemp Communications (UK), a media consultancy. |
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| Neil
Fitzgerald |
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Neil is
an editorial consultant
whose clients have ranged
from Scottish & Newcastle
plc to the Institute of
Chartered Accountants
of Scotland and IMD, the
international business
school in Lausanne. His
expertise draws on 25
years’ City and
business-to-business journalism
and also turning a worthy
members' journal into
a communication (and commercial)
success); delivering a
must-read vehicle to maintain
dialogue between an expanding
group's managers increasingly
scattered worldwide; topping
off prestigious events
with yearbooks and other
literature of matching
quality; creating smart,
niche article series
raising organisations'
profiles through the right
media; holding reluctant
or too-busy communicators'
hands and writing what
they need to say for them.
All done with diplomacy,
determination and a keen
eye for the interplay
between text and graphic
– on page, online.
Anyone can make words.
Neil makes words sweat. |
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| Elizabeth
Taylor |
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Liz
started her career in
marketing defining markets
for alarms on stand-by
diesel generators on
an industrial estate
just outside Glasgow.
Following a graduate
sales and marketing
trainee programme at
Golden Wonder (then
part of the Imperial
Group), she has developed
a successful career
in fmcg marketing across
a broad spectrum of
food and drink companies,
in both domestic and
global markets, latterly
working for The Edrington
Group, on The Macallan
brand in Perth, Glasgow
and Shanghai.
She is a successful
team player, an excellent
communicator, highly
organised in her project
work, passionate about
planning and believes
strongly that creativity
is essential in all
aspects of business. |
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| Ian
Spinney |
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| Ian has over 20 years' experience in PR and is highly respected for his professionalism within the Scottish media. Prior to launching his own consultancy, Spinney & Partners, he was head of corporate and business-to-business with the global communications group Weber Shandwick in Scotland. He was also previously head of marketing and communications for Big Four accountancy group KPMG in Scotland. He has worked with a wide range of leading corporate, public sector and business-to-business clients in Scotland, including the Intermediate Technology Institutes, Business Gateway, Scottish Enterprise, Tenon and Braehead Shopping Centres. Areas of specialism include professional services, corporate issues and intrusive media management. |
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| Ruth
Webber |
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Ruth launched
her marketing career with
a US multidisciplinary
company in London, concurrently
becoming qualified with
the Chartered Institute
of Marketing. She established
her own consultancy in
1989 and has provided
strategic and operational
marketing support for
a wide range of private
and not-for-profit organisations.
A confident speaker and
networker, she runs courses
on both and has provided
a marketing advisory service
to members of the Law
Society of Scotland and
the Royal Incorporation
of Architects in Scotland.
Ruth passionately believes
that marketing is misunderstood
and undervalued - it’s
not about advertising
and selling, but about
planning and being in
control of your destiny. |
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| Vicky
Masterson |
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Victoria
is a respected business
journalist and editor
who specialises in corporate
writing and media consultancy
for clients
including the Scottish Government
and the City of Edinburgh
Council. Previously Scottish
business editor of The
Sunday Times,
she was also business
editor of Scotland on
Sunday, deputy news editor
of Business a.m. and a
business correspondent
with The Scotsman, the
Aberdeen Press & Journal
and the Edinburgh Evening
News. Her freelance experience
includes the Daily Mail,
BBC Scotland and a raft
of banking magazines including
Scottish Banker and Private
Word - Clydesdale Bank’s
private client magazine.
During her 15-year career,
Victoria has covered watershed
corporate, economic and
political events including
the dotcom boom and bust,
the pensions crisis, the
Scottish Parliament referendum,
the rise of China and
decline of UK manufacturing.
She graduated from The
University of Edinburgh
with an
MA Honours in English
Literature. |
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| Stewart
McIntosh |
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Stewart’s
career in journalism started
with the BBC in 1983,
covering news and features
in both radio and television.
By 1988 he had switched
to print journalism, working
freelance for a wide range
of newspapers and magazines
including the Financial
Times, The Sunday Times,
Investors Chronicle and
a wide range of Scottish
titles including The Herald,
The Scotsman, Sunday Herald
and Scottish Business
Insider. He has also edited
an athletics magazine
and was Scotland’s
first personal finance
editor. As a specialist
in UK commercial property,
construction and business
affairs, Stewart has picked
up 16 UK press awards.
While still writing for
the specialist press,
he is in regular demand
from construction companies
seeking help in preparing
bids for large-scale projects.
He also offers short,
sharp, highly practical
courses for business people
seeking to improve their
dealings with the press. |
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