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Article: Film chief set to ght for his future as axe hangs over Scottish Screen
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- June 24, 2001
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Scottish Screen chief executive John Archer, whose wife was
controversially awarded a #24,000 development grant by the quango,
will be fighting to secure his future with the organisation at a
board meeting this Friday.
Archer has been under fire since May, when it was revealed that
Scottish Screen's lottery panel had given cash to a film directed by
his wife, Clara Glynn.
He declared his relationship and did not take part in the meeting
at which the grant was approved. He has since introduced measures to
further distance those with an interest in grant applications from
the decision-making process.
Archer will present plans for a management restructure, which he
has been working on since ...