Business gazeteer: Davidson and Co add a tasty presence to CDS board

Published on Thursday 17 September 2009 21:15

LOCH Fyne Oyster Bar, paper-maker Tullis Russell and Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op are all represented on the new-look advisory board of Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS).

CDS, the Scottish Enterprise subsidiary charged with promoting employee-ownership and co-ops, will now benefit from the wise words of Bruce Davidson, managing director of the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar, Geoff Miller, financial director of Tullis Russell, and Jeremy Miles, managing director of Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op.

Professor Johnston Birchall, of Stirling University, and Fergus Younger, the co-ordinator of Argyll Food Producers, are also joining the CDS board.

Sarah Deas, CDS chief executive, said: "Having so much hands-on experience of these benefits on our advisory board can only be beneficial."

Familiar faces remaining on the board include Hollis Smallman, president of Scotmid, and Robin Stewart, chairman of the Co-operative Group's Scotland and Northern Ireland Board.

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