Barfly: Doubles all round

THE Scotland-educated advertising guru David Ogilvy was the inspiration for the hit TV show Mad Men and the centenary of his birth will be celebrated this summer by the Marketing Society, which is searching for Don Draper and Joan Holloway look-alikes to play a starring role at an invitation-only cocktail party.

Material, the Glasgow-based group of marketing agencies, has been tasked with finding suitable candidates and chief executive Sera Miller is looking to casting directors to help. "It will be one of those moments when fate, coincidence or some other factor gets us the people we want," she said.

The party, organised by the Marketing Society in partnership with the Edinburgh International Film Festival, will take place on 23 June, the date of Ogilvy's birth, at the Point Hotel.

Burgessing game goes on

WEALTHY investors love to keep Citywatchers on their toes but one individual who is gradually building up a sizeable stake in Havelock Europa, the Dalgety Bay-based commercial interiors firm, is keeping us guessing more than most.

A certain "Andrew Burgess" has been upping his holding in the company since February, and three transactions in the past 11 days alone have taken his stake up to 7.04 per cent.

Bloggers have guessed at the mystery man's identity, suggesting he is a managing director of buy-out firm the Carlyle Group in the UK, but Barfly has been assured by Carlyle that they are mistaken.

Meanwhile Havelock itself is staying stumm, saying it would not comment on a shareholder. With Burgess's activity attracting quite some attention among stockwatchers, the guessing game continues.

Don't tread on the royal toes

AS FIGURES were bandied about for the number of people around the globe - two billion? - glued to the spectacle of the royal wedding, it presented a real opportunity for at least one Scottish entrepreneur. But it wasn't a dress-maker, a milliner or a tree farmer who was boasting about their contribution to the big day. Instead it was Mike Welch, below, managing director and founder of tyre firm Blackcircles.com. He wrote on Twitter: "We provided the tyres for the Royal fleet, the real stars of today's event!" Great as we're sure the tyres were, we're not convinced they stole centre stage from Kate's dress.