One of the attractive things about being in Scotland is that we have a very good pipeline of new people coming into the company from the excellent universities around us.

We are also fortunate in being in quite a sheltered environment, in terms of people moving on to do other things, because there are relatively few companies in Scotland that are looking for the skill set that we've developed.

People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.

New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It's all about how people choose to use it.

I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.

There's a good mood, ... People know the union, and the company, by the way, have done an excellent job in terms of dealing with what was a very difficult situation.