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This has always been a long-term project - we can't achieve everything on day one

Patrick Wiggins has been tasked with leading plans to regenerate the Irvine Bay area and believes improvements are starting to have an impact Profile Read

Our job is to run the business and build up income streams and grow value for our investors

Charles Hammond of Forth Ports sees great potential in linking newly-acquired recycling venture with core port business Profile Read

One of the reasons that the banks were interested in us was we have got a good spread of risk

Profile By not focussing on just one market Suzanne Ramsay's Change Recruitment is poised to capitalise while others fail Read

I get things started, focus on growing them and then find better people than myself to run the companies

Profile Entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl enjoys the thrill of success as Scotland Online's re-branding move generates more business by global expansion Read

If you look at some of the features on mobile phones at the moment, a lot of it's just overkill

Sanjay Patel, chief executive of technology firm KPT, says his Adaptxt software will revolutionise the way we send our messages in the future Read

Being Scottish through and through, Edinburgh is the one you really want to pitch yourself in and you cannot get a better street than George Street

Profile Mario Gizzi and Tony Conetta of Di Maggio's believe their £10m buy will reap dividends Read

We wanted to be seen as truly premium and focus on making the best whisky. That is the whole ethos of the company

Leonard Russell says Ian Macleod Distillers' strategy of developing niche markets has proved key to the company's ongoing success Read

Unless we are forced into it this will always be a family firm and we would resist bringing in equity partners

At 63, Apex Hotels founder Norman Springford says he's taking more of a back seat role as he 'oversees' a new £144m investment drive Profile Read

I wanted 10 per cent of the shares to give to new employees so I could convince the best talent to quit their jobs and pensions and come to a start-up

Profile MTEM boss Leon Walker's idea to reward his staff for their loyalty has made them near millionaires Read

Any business or organisation you are involved in you have to get the core business right.

Profile Scottish Ballet chief executive Cindy Sughrue's clear mind and business savvy have led to the artistic rebirth of the company Read

My margins now are lower than they have ever been and we think we are very competitive. I am not interested in giving big discounts

Profile He may be dealing in gems worth thousands of pounds, but jewellery boss Stuart Laing still believes in giving value for money Read

We are cost effective and we've grown airports as fast as anyone in the country

Profile Ready to face the Competition Commission investigation, Gordon Dewar of Glasgow Airport is adamant that a forced sale is not a sensible solution Read

It's a whole new set of challenges and you get the buzz of show time on racing days

Profile Vivien Kyles had never been to a meeting when she landed the chief executive role at Hamilton Racecourse, but the former Livingston FC boss has made a big impression Read

I enjoy the mix of looking at new technologies and markets and try to bring them together

ITI Techmedia's MD Terry Hurley is proud his organisation has helped develop and nurture commercially viable cutting-edge firms in Scotland Profile Read

We've geared ourselves up for competition and are ready for anybody that comes to the market

Business Stream boss Mark Powles reflects on the challenges of the past 12 months in the run-up to deregulation of the water market Read

I've always said you can't run a retail chain with your legs under the desk

Chris Tiso on developing the outdoor clothing and equipment chain Read

The average Briton has been taken for a ride too long. It is time that changed

David Hale and Mark McElney on the success of the currency business Read

You keep the customer happy, they come back and you make more money. Simple

Profile Ambitious MD Eddie Hawthorne is happy to play back seat driver in Sir Arnold Clark's world Read

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