Competition Details

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a guru on any aspect of business life, no matter how wacky or mainstream, please share your wisdom with us. 100 words or so should do. We'll send a Victorinox SwissMemory to the guru we judge to be the best!

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Rules

  1. Open to anyone aged 18 and over including Bank of Scotland Corporate customers except employees and the immediate families of Bank of Scotland Corporate, Cedar Communications or anyone professionally connected with this competition.
  2. The closing date for the receipt of all entries is 10th March 2006.
  3. Only one entry per person. No third party or bulk entries.
  4. No responsibility can be accepted for entries incomplete, delayed, damaged, wrongly delivered or not received for whatever reason.
  5. No cash alternative to prize will be offered.
  6. The winner will be notified by email or telephone within 28 days of closing date.
  7. The prize will be awarded to the customer whose entry is the most apt and original. Judge's decision is final and binding. No correspondence will be entered into.
  8. Entry implies acceptance of these rules.
  9. Bank of Scotland Corporate reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value should circumstances make this necessary.
  10. The winner may be required to take part in publicity resulting from this competition.
  11. Winner's name and county is available 28 days after closing date. Send an SAE to Guru, Promotions Department, Cedar Communications, Pegasus House, 37-43 Sackville Street, London W1S 3EH.
  12. The promoter is Bank of Scotland Corporate, 2nd Floor South, Charterhall House, City Road, Chester CH88 3AN.

Victorinox SwissMemory

Victorinox, creators of the Original Swiss Army knife, have combined a timeless classic with the latest high-tech gadgetry. The result is the SwissMemory.

Implements to remove stones from horses’ hooves have been replaced with a stylishly good-looking 512MB USB memory stick. Unfold it from the centre of the "knife", plug it into the USB port of your computer and you're ready to download or upload anything from MP3 files to PowerPoint presentations.

Built-in SecureLOCK software allows you to encrypt your data - very useful. And in the true interests of Swiss neutrality, the memory stick is compatible with Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

The SwissMemory also comes with a very bright red LED (that's Light Emitting Diode), scissors, small blade, nail file, screwdriver and a pressurized ballpoint pen.

And don't worry about it being confiscated (too much!) In emergencies, the memory stick will detach from the main body of the SwissMemory.

Last Issue's Winner

Congratulations to Christopher Johnson who is the winner of last edition's business guru competition. Christopher is a founding partner of Nutrient, a business providing software and internet applications in the North of England.

His advice was that the key to a successful business is to care for your employees and your customers. As a manager you cannot put one before the other, only put them both before yourself.

A great example of the importance of relationships in business. Thanks Chris. Your Gmini XS 100 MP3 player is on its way.