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by Alistair Hardaker Dominic McGregor is best known as the co-founder and ex-COO of Social Chain, who - alongside Steven Bartlett - helped grow the marketing company to a $200m turnover business with a client portfolio that included Amazon, McDonald’s and the BBC. McGregor left the business in November 2020. In the time since, he has spoken openly about the dark side of his success, how the demands of rapid growth was among the reasons he had become burnt out, struggling in a battle with alcohol addiction. Both co-founders’ next moves have been highly anticipated. But McGregor did not hop...

People on the move: 31 top North West appointments you may have missed With lockdowns easing and business confidence recovering, firms across the region have wasted no time in making key hires Chris Capes, Lauren Wilden, Ian Chatburn and Jess Shepherd are among recent North West appointments Sign up to FREE email alerts from BusinessLive North WestInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscrib...

by Alistair Hardaker Manchester-based venture capital investor Praetura Ventures has appointed four new operational partners in Colin Greene, Dominic McGregor, Catherine Barber-Brown and Mark Slade.  The newly created role is hoped to “bring significant intellect, energy and commercial experience on board to support the founders and entrepreneurs it backs.” McGregor (pictured center-left) is the co-founder and ex-COO of Social Chain, who alongside co-founder Steven Bartlett, helped grow the marketing company to a $200m turnover business with a client portfolio that included Amazon, McDo...

Michael Tippett: 'You feel everything you are doing is not enough' Credit: Asadour Guzelian Last spring, as the extent of the pandemic became apparent, the Prime Minister had no choice but to close schools. In PMQs, he said on March 18: “I want to pay a particular tribute not only to the NHS but also to our teachers.” Within hours, it was confirmed: schools were shut indefinitely from the end of the week for all but the children of key workers and vulnerable youngsters. In the year since, we have seen schools opened and then shut again – and the initially small pool of children eligible...

The traditional system is also open to fraud with details able to be added to the database without these having taken place. Connected tests prevent this as drivers will need to drive onto the testing tools for readings to take place. Eric Smith, MOT scheme manager at KwikFit said: “Instantly it cuts out bogus testers doing MOTs when they are sat in front of the TV at night which is fantastic. “It does take out human error which is fantastic and it improves quality because the correct information is going into the system.” READ MORE He added: “I've been working very closely with DVSA ...