While that played into Waxman’s hands, he was also forced to break the mould because he needed cash. Given he and his partner could only afford a tiny office above Sweetings, the long-established fish restaurant on Queen Victoria Street, the local pubs in effect became extensions of their premises. “I’d tell the candidates to wait in the pub while I made a few calls and sent them on a couple of interviews, or even placed them in jobs,” he recalled. “What I did wasn’t sophisticated. I just had passion and enthusiasm, and made people feel they had been singled out...