Investec's river challenge reminds the chairman of his own foray into sponsorship - bear-baiting anyone?
"How long do you think it will be before young MacLeod achieves total world domination?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBluePlanet as we enjoyed a pint or two of Lucky Jim in The Long Hot Summer. "Difficult to say," I replied. "I guess it will depend what eventually comes to pass at Old Skandual - not that I'd bet against him getting there in the end. "So what's the strangest thing you've ever sponsored?" "I'm sorry," said the chairman. "What's that got to do with world domination?" "Virtually nothing," I shrugged. "I just have a policy of no more tha...
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