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Meet the team

John

My favourite quote is...: You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
My heart beats a little faster when...: I'm out on the high seas.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: get a spaceship.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: flying and stuff.

Garry

My favourite quote is...: "Don’t threaten me with a dead fish."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I drink too much coffee.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...be credited with all the best songs even written.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to shoot spaghetti from my fingertips.

James

My favourite quote is...: "If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants." ~ David Ogilvy
My heart beats a little faster when...: …I ride the Goddess.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: …give myself Christmas presents from the future.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: …to have a sort of inner compass that gives me a “sense of direction”.

Kay

My favourite quote is...: “I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde” ~ Dolly Parton
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I actually make it onto the treadmill.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...do so frequently.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...flying.

Olivia

My favourite quote is...: “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” ~ Mark Twain
My heart beats a little faster when...: …I climb the hills and see home laid out before me after being away for a long time.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...find out what the lottery numbers are and buy a ticket.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...having extendable arms and legs so that I can reach things on the top shelf!

Gavin

My favourite quote is...: "Jeeezo."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...Rangers score.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...change today's world of financial greed.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to fly.

Jarrod

My favourite quote is...: "If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success."
My heart beats a little faster when...: …I move.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: …stop myself from purchasing “Whenever You Need Somebody” in 1987.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: I already have a superpower. I am trying to rid myself of the ability to be disguised with a suit of hair.

Laura

My favourite quote is...: “Did you hear that Meg? Guys can marry other guys now. So...this is awkward, but I mean, if they can do that, that is pretty much it for you, isn't it? I mean you might as well pack it in. Game over.” ~ Stewie, Family Guy
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I see Jack and Sawyer shirtless - pre season 5 of course.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...go to late 18th century New Orleans.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...teleportation - travel the world for free, perfect!

Mike

My favourite quote is...: "Love your masks and adore your failure."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I realise that I was in London yesterday on the tube and the man next to me coughed without covering his mouth.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...be a superhero
If I had a superpower, it would be...: used to promote the ever genius Pop Will Eat Itself and force them on threat of death to reform

Lindsay

My favourite quote is...: Today it’s -“Difficult, difficult. Lemon difficult”
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I get heart palpitations (Then I have to go and lie in a dark room for a while).
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...probably do myself an injury.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to travel backwards through time. A terrible hangover would be followed by a brilliant night out.

Graeme

My favourite quote is...: “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.” ~ George Best
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I receive a brief in my inbox.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...hang out and jam with Jimi Hendrix in London in the late swinging 60s.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...Invisibility – I could do lots of things without anyone knowing. Am I behind you right now?

Annina

My favourite quote is...: "Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I see Johnny Depp in a Pirate costume.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...go back to the mid 17th century and become a pirate. What’s better than living on a boat, drinking lots of rum and sailing around the Caribbean.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to be able to create anything out of thin air, like a genie. I want a car? Poof, 1969 Ford Mustang Shelby right in front of me.

Craig

My favourite quote is...: "Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cosy, doesn't try it on."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I’m on a tight rope (metaphorically).
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...go back in time and ensure that ‘the mullet’, boy bands and ‘big brother’ were never invented.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...China.

Elaine

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Julia

My favourite quote is...: "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...it gets closer to payday.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...do it in a pink Lamborghini.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...teleportation so I wouldn’t need to fly or queue anywhere.

Vicki

My favourite quote is...: "What's for you won't go by you."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...my horse decides that braking isn't an option!
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...love to just rewind back 5 minutes, especially after saying something completely daft.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to clone myself.

Allan

My favourite quote is...: "Surely we can just caveat it?!?"
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I arrive at Equator every day.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...Go see Jesus or the dinosaurs.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to fly, flying would be fun.

Clair

My favourite quote is...: "Pleasure in the job, puts perfection in the work."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...a plane takes off.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...indeed.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...mind-reading.

Suzanne

My favourite quote is...: "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...when it gets closer to the 10K run and I realise I haven’t really trained!!
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...definitely go back to the 60’s!! Peace! Love! Ya’ll!
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...the power to turn back time.

James

My favourite quote is...: "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." ~ George W. Bush
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I’ve had too much caffeine.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...check out the dinosaurs - no brainer.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...flight.

Andrew

My favourite quote is...: "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...waiting for a bank statement to print on pay day.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...visit and observe major historical events throughout history – like Bill and Ted without Keanu Reeves
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...invisibility.

Jennifer

My favourite quote is...: "Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I feel scared.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...fast forward to when I've completed these questions.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...telekinesis, telepathy or extra-sensory perception. Basically, all the skills you need to work in client services!

Jamie

My favourite quote is...: "Websites repel perfection" - @simplebits
My heart beats a little faster when...: The internets make the physical distance to friends irrelevant.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: Pop forward a hundred years, pick up some immortality pills and a new Mac, then head home, but accidentally go back to 1885...
If I had a superpower, it would be...: The power to upgrade someone’s browser, at will.

Martin

My favourite quote is...: "Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative."
My heart beats a little faster when...: You know what really grinds my gears? Accuracy. You can excuse the local café for doing lovely sandwichs and toasties but big corporations have no excuse. Nothing will jar me more on a page of a website, no matter how glamorous and elaborate it is if it contains a grammatical or spelling error. If you can’t get these basic’s (sic) right, then you’re more likely to screw up the big stuff like delivery’s and customer servise
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...go to: 1930s prohibition Chicago. The style, the elegance, the arrogance, the danger, the opulence. It had it all!
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...time travel – without a shadow of a doubt. I’d probably screw up the space time continuum just as Doc Brown told me – And where would I find 1.21 jiggawatts in 1955? McFlyyyyyyy.

Robert

My favourite quote is...: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." ~ Henry David Thoreau. Unless you work for Equator and get to write code everyday!
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I hear a three chord boogie.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...write Jealous Guy before John Lennon and from the proceeds invest heavily in hair replacement therapy.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to get all the routine stuff done in super hero double time, without pain or thought and have plenty of time left for the fun things in life.

Jacqueline

My favourite quote is...: "Where there is love there is life."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...when I see my husband smile.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...move forward 100 years.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to mind read.

Derek

My favourite quote is...: "Stupidity is borderline genius."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I put my superman slippers on.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: Been there, done that, and wore the cape.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: Well do I need to tell you who I am?

Lachlan

My favourite quote is...: "sharrii bow"
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I touch myself. (Are you serious?! - Ed.)
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...find out if Jesus had a child.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to be able to steal other superpowers.

Tara

My favourite quote is...: "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...one of my kids falls/runs into something/chokes on something.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...n’t. There’s comfort in knowing we’re right where we’re supposed to be.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to instantly be able to grow and use 8 more arms.

Patrick

My favourite quote is...: "When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half"
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I get excited. Duh
If I could travel in time and space I would...: win the lottery every week.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: Not really a superpower, but… I’d love to be able to do a Google search for my keys, or other easily misplaced items around the house. Really - what good is flying if you’ve lost your cape?

Brent

My favourite quote is...: "Ability is what you're capable of, motivation determines what you do, attitude determines how well you do it."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...when I go out and race.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...go back to a Bob Marley concert
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...super strength, speed, and a liver of steel

Sharon

My favourite quote is...: "It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I think about all the places that I would like to visit around the world.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...stop my mum dressing myself and my sister in matching clothes all the time when we were younger.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...regeneration so that I that I could eat as many deserts as I wanted without putting on any weight.

Sean

My favourite quote is...: "Cheese is a type of meat, a tasty yellow beef. I milk it from my teat; I try to be discreet. Ohhh cheese. Ohhhh cheese. Come join me." - Tommy Nookah
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...when i eat too much beef.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...hang out with the Klingons.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...speed of the puma.

Grant

My favourite quote is...: "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I see my wee boy grinning ear to ear.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...come back 100,000 years from now.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to know everything about everything, just leaving enough to learn as the days tick by.

Jonathan

My favourite quote is...: “Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.” ~ ancient Chinese proverb
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I’m half way up a rock face and up is the only way out.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...Fly to the moon on July 20th 1969 and give Neil Armstrong a surprise.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: …an ability to converse with midges.

Sarah

My favourite quote is...: "A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. " ~ Bob Dylan
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I get to length 40 of my lunchtime swim (sounds impressive but it's a very small pool)
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...ask David Tennant to be my glamourous assistant
If I had a superpower, it would be...: …the ability to converse in any language (with the possible exception of Klingon).

Nick

My favourite quote is...: "Its not bragging if you can back it up" ~ Muhammad Ali
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I’m running around the tennis court.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...be Marty Mcfly
If I had a superpower, it would be...: What do you mean ‘if’.

Lynn

My favourite quote is...: "We all go a little mad sometimes"
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...‘My Sharona’ by the Knack is on.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...Yup, I would.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...To make folk who cycle on the pavement magically disappear

Julie

My favourite quote is...: “A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it!” ~ William Feather
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I’m at any great height!!
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...go back and play last weeks winning lottery numbers!
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...the ability to transport myself to anywhere, at anytime - so I could travel the world!

Emma

My favourite quote is...: "If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun." ~ Katharine Hepburn
My heart beats a little faster when...: …I do something I know I shouldn’t be.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: …go back, but never forward.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: …bilocation.

Colin

My favourite quote is...: Confucius say “Man who stand on hill with mouth open wait long time for roast duck to drop in.”
My heart beats a little faster when...: …I forget to take my medication
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ! (You were expecting more, I simply would)
If I had a superpower, it would be...: …alter the speed of reality. Often there is too little time to do things, or I’m waiting too much for the computer to finish processing.

Lesley

My favourite quote is...: "Tell me. I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me and I'll understand."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I think I have won the Lottery.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...go back to my childhood and relive those wonderful carefree times.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...the power of Healing to lay your hand on somebody's broken body and fix all.

Duncan

My favourite quote is...: “You only live once. If you don't enjoy it, it's your fault, nobody else's” ~ Duncan Bannatyne
My heart beats a little faster when...: …somebody mentions football or women. But not women’s football.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: …shake Nelson Mandela’s hand.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: …to have the ability to moonwalk on the dancefloor at the Shed.

Paul

My favourite quote is...: “Rome wasn’t built in a day, but I wasn’t on that particular job” ~ Brian Clough
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I buy things I don’t need on the credit card, and it beats even faster when I get the bill.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...So would I.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...Teleportation. So I could go to Heathrow to get all the cheap flights!

Duncan

My favourite quote is...: “Maybe not goodbye, but farewell.” Bobby Robson
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I'm jamming.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...see out how much Back to the Future 2 gets right. Fingers crossed for hover boards and flying cars.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...20/20 vision.

Gerry

My favourite quote is...: “If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. “ ~ W. C. Fields
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I hear my daughter Libby, shout “Daddy”
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...see how those pesky Egyptians really built those Pyramids... It was Aliens I tell ya, Aliens.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...regeneration – Brake me leg playing football? Three seconds later... good as new, result!

Kirsty

My favourite quote is...: "I'll have what she's having."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I wake up to a bright sunny day.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...take a peek into the future to see what’s coming up.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to teletransport myself wherever I wish to go... et voila!

Laurent

My favourite quote is...: “Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I Kiss people.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...have a word or two with God.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to turn men into women.

Peter

My favourite quote is...: "Even the best lose sometime!"
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I realise its Monday morning and not Sunday
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...tell you when I get there.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...to read peoples minds, and maybe even be find my way home after a night in the boozer.

John

My favourite quote is...: "I may believe in nothing, but it is my nothing."
My heart beats a little faster when...: ...I realise I'm on my third coffee of the day and it's not yet seven in the morning!!!!!
If I could travel in time and space I would...: ...Market Inn, Lint Riggs, Falkirk, Saturday 22nd December 1877 [well you didn't ask why]
If I had a superpower, it would be...: ...the ability to travel in time and space.

David

My favourite quote is...: Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
My heart beats a little faster when...: when I have to much caffeine!
If I could travel in time and space I would...: then I would.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: to see through lead. Go to have something on Superman.

Seth

My favourite quote is...: All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
My heart beats a little faster when...: I step on the line to start a race.
If I could travel in time and space I would...: Take back a Mr. T talking key chain about 1000 years, just to blow people away.
If I had a superpower, it would be...: Telekinesis. I think it would be extremely useful for party entertainment.

Without this lot, we'd literally be nothing

It’s true; everything we are is down to our people. Work with us and you’ll enjoy the energy, excitement and downright obsession that we all share. Visit our studio and you’ll experience a vibrant atmosphere, charged with discussion and debate about how to do the best for our clients and their customers. If you’d like to do either of these things we’d love to hear from you !