Tier One Capital Continues Growth Plans With Significant Shareholding In Carrick Financial Management
Issue 34
Issue 34
Those are the words of Phil Knight, chairman emeritus of Nike Inc, and they’ve certainly served as a mantra for Billy Johnson, co-founder of burgeoning North-East accessories company, TORRO Cases. Having scooped Newcomer of the Year for the Northumberland and Tyneside region in the 2017 North East Business awards, TORRO is now recognised as a major player in the smartphone and tablet accessories market. Working in partnership with Amazon, their beautifully made but affordable masculine accessories have steadily built a global customer base, and their range has recently expanded from its core of tech-focused products to include clothing, wallets and…
Summerside House is a very special property, one of a small number of luxury homes converted from an old farm steading. This five bedroom family home, beautifully combining traditional charm with luxurious contemporary fittings, enjoys a magnificent location on the south-western edge of the development, providing stunning rural views. The gardens were designed by Jamie Dunstan, a Gold Medal winner…
Issue 34
Renton, Begbie, Sick Boy and Spud all return in what has been billed as the final novel in the Trainspotting story. Mark Renton is finally a success. An international jetsetter he now makes significant money managing DJs, but constant travel, airport lounges, soulless hotel rooms and broken relationships have left him dissatisfied with his life. He’s then rocked by a chance encounter with Frank Begbie, from whom he’d been hiding for years after a terrible betrayal and the resulting debt. But the psychotic Begbie appears to have reinvented himself as a celebrated artist and – Much to Mark’s astonishment – doesn’t seem interested in revenge. Sick Boy and Spud, who have agendas of their own, are intrigued to learn that their old friends are back in town, but when they enter the bleak world of organharvesting, things start to go badly wrong. Lurching from crisis to crisis, the four men…