John Bycroft Q&A
| What drives you? |
| My wife |
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| What inspires you? |
| My wife |
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| Strongest influences |
| My wife |
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| Other interests |
| My wife's friends |
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| Favourite quotation |
| "I might be wrong. I was once. But that was the occasion that I thought I was wrong but I turned out to be right that time as well". |
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| Best decision |
| Investing every penny I had in a management buy-out |
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| Greatest regret |
| None |
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| Happiest business moment |
| Making my first million £'s |
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| What would you change about British business if you were given the opportunity? |
| I would a) make it tax free and b) base it predominantly in the Cayman Islands. I'd also make xenophobia a criminal offence. |
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| Fantasy job |
| Chairman of the football association |
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| Most admired businessperson |
| Richard Branson |
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| Least favourite personal characteristic |
| Low boredom threshold |
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| Pet hate/s |
| Middle lane 'hoggers' on motorways and petty attitudes |
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| Most over-used phrase |
| "Is there any tea in the pot?" |
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| Other people's most over-used phrase |
| "Actually", "At the end of the day" and "To be fair" |
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| What makes you laugh? |
| The list is endless - mainly funny things |
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| Favourite city |
| Milano |
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| Greatest extravagance/s |
| My wife, my children, cars, holidays............. |
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| Current reading |
| 'Staying Alive' by Matt Beaumont |
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| Favourite albums |
| 'Bat Out of Hell' - Meatloaf |
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