IT WAS once joked about Paul McMahon that he must have a very nice garden after the leisurely length of time he had off between leaving insurer Aegon and starting up as head of FNZ's UK operations last year. He had only been in the head of marketing role at Aegon for ten months before he left to take the top job at the platform technology company. But reports emerged late last week that McMahon has since left his new post only six months in, just in time for spring to arrive. Global networkers in town Eleven delegates from the Commonwealth Study Conference (CSC) were in Glasgow last week to learn lessons from Scottish companies about "international networking and fostering commercial links on a global scale." Life sciences firm ClinTec International, broadcaster STV and engineering giant Weir Group played host to the visitors. The tour now moves to India and South Africa. The visitors also had dinner at Glasgow City Chambers with Princess Anne, Lord Provost Sadie Docherty, Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson and the Scottish Government's external affairs minister, Humza Yousaf MSP. ClinTec chief executive Rabinder Buttar said: "We are delighted to be one of a select group of companies to be singled out for the UK city visits." Singapore slot for Yueh Economist Linda Yueh has resigned as a director of Edinburgh-based fund manager Baillie Gifford's Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust ahead of her move to Singapore to become BBC World News" chief business correspondent. Yueh, a fellow in economics at Oxford University, is a former economics editor for Bloomberg TV. Her new role will see her travel around Asia reporting for TV and radio. She will also host a weekly business programme, providing expert commentary and insight into business, political and macro-economic trends. Growth for micro-brewer Your beer-swilling diarist was thrilled to raise a glass to Bob Knops last week after the brewer moved into his new home in the Walled Garden on the Archerfield Estate in East Lothian. The sparklingly new equipment in the micro-brewery will be used to brew Archerfield Ales, as well as those from his own Knops Beer Company. All of the beers had previously been produced at Traditional Scottish Ales" site near Stirling, but having his own brewery will allow Knop to experiment with new recipes and resume filling casks for pubs in Edinburgh and further afield. The Walled Garden - which also features a deli, gift shop and restaurant - was packed on Thursday night for a drinks event ahead of Friday's official opening. Also on show were some of the Snoozebox hotel modules, which will be on site this summer for the Open golf at nearby Muirfield. Beer and beds on the same site - where do we book our rooms? Contact Erikka on 0131 620 8586 or email erikka.askeland@scotsman.com or Dominic on 0131 620 8464 or email dominic.jeff@scotsman.com