John Morgan

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Director at 1314 Stirling Limited @ Stirling1314
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Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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II had several decades of experiencing the pleasures and pitfalls of owning and running a number of notable (in their day) Advertising and Marketing agencies. Working on the inside with many, diverse client companies gave me a wide knowledge and deep interest in all types of business, deriving great pleasure from working with successful people and burgeoning companies. In 2013, I stepped into the world of ophthalmology with Optical Express, which was a brilliant experience. Then, in 2015, I responded to the lure of the inspired rescue and rebuilding of Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited in Port Glasgow, the last commercial shipbuilder on the Clyde, adding my commercial and communications experience to the visionary Jim McColl team.Sadly, all good things come to an end, as they did with the Scottish Government’s opportunistic Nationalisation of the shipyard in September 2019. I was then told by the new CEO that, as the company was 'now nationalised', there was no longer any requirement for Business Development; thinking outside the box; or communicating a bigger story to the waiting World (when there was no longer one to tell). Ergo: there was no longer any requirement for me! Just like that. I don’t think he’s there any more….I was then delighted to be invited back into Optical Express but Covid19 came along and the Company has had some difficult decisions to make. I hope mine was one of the more difficult ones but the outcome was understandable, and it's Optical Express no more. However, I step outside the tent again with best wishes to David and his talented team. That puts me back into limbo, with my immediate concentration on the relaunch of our Family partnership, Stirling 1314 llp, and the relaunch of out two luxury chess sets - the Battle of Bannockburn and the Robert Burns Chess Set. In this new, ever- evolving world, project work with Optical Express remains a possibility - as it does with any other project out there in business development, business communication, marketing, writing, speaking, event management, creative communications, brand creation & strategy. Anyone with interesting ‘thinking out loud’ will always get my attention...

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Director at 1314 Stirling Limited
John Morgan Work Experience Details
  • Stirling1314
    Director
    Stirling1314 Jan 2024 - Present
    Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
    After a decade of Stirling 1314 LLP, we are now in a new joint ownership,1314 Stirling Limited, with one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs. We remain home to the all-pewter, luxury Battle of Bannockburn Chess Set - and the World's only all-pewter, luxury Robert Burns Chess Set. In our new phase, we are radically upgrading both sets and have the blueprint for a third, even more spectacular, Luxury Chess Set for launch in late 2025. In between, we will introduce a brand-new range of individual, luxury collectible figures under our new "Heroes of Scotland" brand. For over 25 years, as Stirling 1314 (previously Cornerstone Gallery), we sold our chess sets worldwide, mostly to the USA, Canada and Australia, with the first Bannockburn set being bought by the Walt Disney Corporation for the British Pavilion in the Epcot Centre in Florida!After a lifetime in owning and running Advertising and Marketing agencies and, latterly, a brief but spectacular 5 years as Business Development Director with Ferguson Marine Shipyard on the Clyde (until the Scottish Government, who don’t know how to run a soup kitchen, took it away from us. And we know what’s happens since!), my concentration is now solely on taking Stirling 1314 and our spectacular chess sets to where they were always destined - but until now, could never be allocated the time or funds to make it happen.
  • Stirling 1314 Llp
    Partner
    Stirling 1314 Llp Nov 2013 - Jul 2024
    Stirling
    2021 is an important relaunch year for Stirling 1314 llp, a Morgan family partnership which has created two luxury pewter chess Sets. Both the 700th Anniversary Edition of "the Battle of Bannockburn Chess Set" and the "Robert Burns Chess Set"- are large, heavy, quite stunning, hand-cast, all-pewter chess sets in which every single playing piece is different. Contemporary historian and TV presenter, Neil Oliver has added his endorsement to the Bannockburn set and Burns Legend, John Cairney, to the Robert Burns set.While America, Canada and Australia lead the way in sales, both sets have found favour in Russia, China, Estonia and South Africa and other points on the Globe. An addition to the range for 2021, is the beautifully crafted "Auld Lang Syne" playing piece from the Robert Burns set, boxed and beautifully presented as a gift of Friendship, to mark all special occasion: Birthday; anniversary; retiral; parting; returning; or simply to mark a true and lasting friendship with a gift that will last a lifetime and beyond.I
  • Optical Express
    Projects Manager
    Optical Express Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
    Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Covid19 has made its mark on the World. Thankfully, I and mine have avoided any health fallout from the pandemic, but there is a price to pay and my time at Optical Express has ended. As with so many enterprises, big and small, Optical Express has suffered greatly from the shut down. Now the process is reversing, they have had no option but to trim the sails - and I will not be returning to duty. I am sad about that, because my short-lived second term at 200 St Vincent Street was an absolute pleasure, with much to look forward to. I doff my hat to David Moulsdale and his resilient team and wish them only the very best of the times ahead. I will now concentrate on making great chess sets for the World to enjoy, but I will always be ready to answer any call from Optical Express - or anyone else for whom my vintage suggests a wide enough experience to contribute to any kind of moving forward!
  • Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited
    Director Of Business Development
    Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited Jan 2015 - Sep 2019
    Post Glasgow
    Clyde Blowers Capital acquired the failed Ferguson's shipyard in Port Glasgow at the end of 2014, preventing the total loss of shipbuilding on the lower Clyde. In keeping with the vision and drive of Jim McColl and his team at Clyde Blowers Capital, CBC invested over £25 million, completely transforming the yard into one of the world’s most advanced shipbuilding facilities.My task as Director of Business Development was to work with the refreshed management team to identify new opportunities in shipbuilding and marine construction and to use a revitalised and expanded offering to position the brand with a new and wider audience. My role was also to build relationships with existing and new customers, government departments, sources of funding, the local community and promote the all-important transformation of a traditional shipyard into a market leader in innovation with exceptional delivery. All of those ambitions would have been achieved but, sadly, the ill-conceived and fundamentally flawed contract won by the yard to build the UK’s first-ever Dual-Fuel Marine Diesel/Liquefied Natural Gas proved to be its nemesis. Only in time, will the full, distasteful story of how that ended, unfold.
  • Optical Express
    Director Of Business Development
    Optical Express Aug 2013 - Sep 2014
    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    After a lifetime of owning and running marketing communication agencies, I left the industry and tackled a complete set of new challenges with Optical Express. This superb company deserves far more credit than it gets for being categorical world leaders in laser eye and cataract surgery.My role was to help the directors continue to build the business and confirm its place as market leader, at home and in Europe. As can happen in most walks of life, personalities proved to be more influential than common sense and that little adventure ended after one eventful, challenging yet strangely fulfilling year. Optical Express remain world leaders. Hopefully, they will find the best way to communicate that to the people who matter – their potential patients.
  • Cornertsone Gallery
    Owner
    Cornertsone Gallery 1990 - 2014
  • Monkey Agency Limited
    Ceo
    Monkey Agency Limited Jun 2011 - Jul 2013
    Devoping Brands and Brand strategy. Developing marketing communications strategy for Scottish and UK clients. Creating local and national advertising campaigns. Identifying the right customer communication campigns for companies, producing television and radio advertising, press and outdoor advertising, leaflets and brochure design, brand identity, website design and function, online advertising and internal communications. all forms of marketing communication
  • Monkey Agency Limited
    Group Account Head
    Monkey Agency Limited Jun 2011 - Jul 2013
  • Monkey Agency Limited
    Strategy & Support Planner
    Monkey Agency Limited Jun 2011 - Jun 2013
    Glasgow
    Devoping Brands and Brand strategy. Developing marketing communications strategy for Scottish and UK clients. Creating local and national advertising campaigns. Identifying the right customer communication campigns for companies, producing television and radio advertising, press and outdoor advertising, leaflets and brochure design, brand identity, website design and function, online advertising and internal communications. all forms of marketing communication
  • 5 Minute Sandwich For Scottish Marketing Leaders
    Owner Of
    5 Minute Sandwich For Scottish Marketing Leaders Feb 2010 - Jul 2013
  • Merle Limited
    Founder And Chief Executive
    Merle Limited Dec 2001 - May 2011
    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Responsibility for managing and developing an exceptional, marketing communications agency whose particular skills took Highland Spring from number four UK bottled water to number two and challenging Evian for top spot; helped create a positioning for Dobbies Garden Centers that catapulted it into the sights of Tesco as having the best potential of the independents and worthy of acquisition; helped Robert Wiseman Dairies to their position as largest milk producer in the UK and second largest dairy company, developing new brands and new categories, designing and launching "the One" - the first 1% milk in the UK market; turned round the fortunes of milk in Scotland with five years of the Milk Moustache campaign, for the Scottish Dairy Marketing Company, halted a ten year 17% decline in sales into a three year 5% increase (9% in low fat milks); Continued our long relationship with Tyreplus, second chain in the Kwik-Fit portfolio with 200 centres throughout the UK across 14 regional brands; - and helped the mallow flow faster
  • The Morgan Partnership
    Chairman And Managing Director
    The Morgan Partnership Jan 1990 - Jan 2001
    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Responsibility for managing and developing the amalgamated company of Morgan Associates and Struthers Advertising and Marketing, working with Scotland's leading brands including Kwik-Fit (5 years); Highlands and Islands Tourism; Bank of Scotland; ScottishPower; Scottish Dairy Council; Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Tourist Board; and Launching Nationwide Anglia Estate Agents in the UK
  • John W. Morgan Associates
    Founder And Managing Director
    John W. Morgan Associates Jan 1980 - Jan 1990
    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    A fledgling agency which went on to form the dominant half of the amalgamated Struthers Morgan which was shortly thereafter named the Morgan Partnership.
  • Woolward Glasgow And Woolward Royds Main Board
    Managing Director And Main Board Director
    Woolward Glasgow And Woolward Royds Main Board Jan 1977 - Jan 1980
  • Woolward Royds (Holdings) Ltd
    Board Director
    Woolward Royds (Holdings) Ltd Jan 1977 - Jan 1980

John Morgan Skills

Marketing Communications Advertising Brand Development Direct Marketing Online Advertising Marketing Strategy Online Marketing Digital Marketing Email Marketing Marketing Strategy Integrated Marketing Management Marketing Research Corporate Branding Event Management Outdoor Advertising Advertising Research Marketing Management Sponsorship Internal Communications Product Marketing Brand Communication Company Branding Public Speaking After Dinner Speaking Burns Speaking Strategic Communications Creativity E Commerce Advertising Management Brand Awareness Chairing Dinners And Events Burns Recitations Organising Burns Suppers Creative Writing Speech Writing Writing Skills Cartoonist Group Presentations Lecturing Robert Burns

John Morgan Education Details

  • Greenock Academy
    Greenock Academy
  • Greenock Academy
    Greenock Academy

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