"It is a great opportunity for retailers as it provides small retail businesses with a shop window to the world, driving exports of British products rather than just being a physical place in the community."

"And I think the public awareness of the impact of data has increased significantly across those seven years. We’ve seen throughout that time the expansive use from the tech giants, their use of data in the solutions that they build. And the impact of that has become much more prevalent in society."

"From a societal perspective this will create opportunities and jobs"

"There will be a huge amount of upskilling and reskilling – it’s about providing opportunities to learn and grow and develop in those new skills. It’s really important for us as a nation, for our citizens, for our children, that we get this right."

"they can improve productivity because they have more automated decision-making. Ultimately, we’re trying to make sure that we drive the economic successes that technology can bring."

"Technology is giving rise to a pace of change that we have not ever seen before. For the customer it’s great."

"Predominantly at the start, there were a lot of organizations that were progressive in their thinking. Scotland has a very significant financial services sector and fintech sector, and those organizations understood that they needed to use data."

"This was in Texas in August which is really hot and humid. And I had no idea that I didn’t drink enough water before I went out to run."

"Write a list at the end of your working day of everything you have got to do tomorrow. That way you can kind of leave it at work and pick it up the next day"

"time, money and lives” had been saved and would “continue to inform our decisions as we tackle some of the most challenging issues of our day"

"Pay television needs to be about more than just films and football. The consumer can’t be expected to fund all of Sky’s investments and get less and less choice in return"

"If you want scale, you have to be careful about how niche you get"

"As an organisation, we don’t sit still…We look at every opportunity, we have huge ambitions for the UK"

"We're always learning from each other, which I think that is really valuable."

"ensuring a fair recovery from the pandemic and a just transition towards achieving our net-zero ambitions"

"Every time I meet him, I ask him if he has any bricks with him."

"SVG awaits 'wall of cash' to kick start commitment."

"To put it bluntly, we need to get some in the door."

"I honestly don't think a day goes by, certainly a week, where I don’t learn something from each other."

"Co-viewing is really, really important"

"They were opening shops like billy-o as loads of people were buying things on credit. At that time you did not have to be a great retailer to enjoy a measure of success. But now it is the customer in charge and digitalisation is largely driving it."

"AI is a huge opportunity for Scotland and for our businesses"

"We’re quite close to managers, so we’ve got a pretty good idea of when they’re going to come back to market."

"But we as investors would not be comfortable assuming that this will continue."

"I’d never really been all that aware of the scale of it all when seeing statistics quoted in the newspaper until I started working in the industry."

"Being innovative is crucial in our line of work, and yes it brings a lot of value to try something."

"At some point this cycle is going to tip and you’re not going to be able to hide behind market beta or quantitative-easing beta."

"That’s the nice thing about private equity, you can look quite far in advance at funds that you might be getting into."

"The digital revolution has had a major impact on the way consumers shop. It’s a game-changer."

"And I passed out from dehydration. And luckily, someone was driving down the street and rescued me. But I thought after that, you know it really isn’t a good idea to run without water."

"Organisations across all sectors – hospitality, engineering, financial services, tourism, healthcare – will all be users and adopters of technology."

"SVG’s market value is now nearly £1bn."

"I believe you don't have to do something new for the sake of doing something new, just consider things that have worked well so far."

"‎I am quite comfortable with the cash."

"I am looking forward to joining Pollen Street and working with the Board and the executive team."

"The private markets are set for significant growth, and Pollen Street’s expertise, track record and focus on industry shaping structural changes make this an exciting time to come on board."

"Many retail business are just watching with horror almost at the mess that has been created."

"I think many retail business are just watching with horror almost at the mess that has been created and how it’s so late, and from a business point of view you would never, never leave everything to the last minute."

"I look forward to contributing to the firm’s continued success."

"But we are happy to ask shareholders to a vote if that is what they want."

"One of the alternatives was to go into some kind of run-off, which would be fine if our shareholders wanted that."

"They want a strong listed private equity sector."

"I couldn’t do it without Mike and my team"

"There is huge execution risk to such a plan, I can’t promise what the outcome would be."

"That ability to deliver pretty low inflation or even deflation in non-food over the last five years or so has been dependent on frictionless movement of goods across borders, and to the extent that goods are imported from the EU, or from countries that the EU has a trade deal with, as there are no tariffs on those goods coming in."

"We will not be going back where we were."

"We need to see senior leaders not just simply saying the right things. They must be embedding them within the practices of their organisations,” says Bodley. “Culture change can take years, but is so important"

"Research shows that when you reach a representation of 30%, a group stops feeling like a minority,” say Bodley. “It’s ambitious, but not unrealistic."

"They did a lot of modelling. Catherine was on the cover of one of the catalogues, blowing out candles. Later on, she did some styling and set up the First Birthday side of the business. Pippa did the blog. I still value their ideas and opinions."