Andrew started on the shop floor at Carphone Warehouse, he was one of the very first members of staff. He quickly worked his way up the company and was then recruited into DX Communications in Glasgow where he was a Director and Shareholder. Having grown the company to 300 retail outlets and having been rewarded with a 2nd place in the Sunday Times Fast Track listing in 1997, DX Communications was sold to BT Cellnet in 1999. The retail footprint makes up much of what you see as the O2 chain of mobile phone stores today. After a year’s sabbatical, Andrew was appointed Managing Director of Tiny computers at a challenging time for the business and oversaw the sale of its ISP business to Tiscali, and the eventual sale of the business to Time Computers.