THE business tycoon at the centre of the row over two overdue CalMac ferries has claimed Derek Mackay held a secret meeting with him about the fraught financial battle which would eventually see the yard nationalised.
Jim McColl (below) told MSPs the shamed former finance secretary ordered Government officials out of the room so they could speak in private about the dispute over payments between Ferguson Marine and CMAL, the body in charge of Scotland’s ferry infrastructure.
