Exchange trading software house EasyScreen, which has seen its share price on AIM drop from 445p to 20p in the past year, has been through several changes as a result.

Phil Docker, the company's chief executive has had to drop the pianist he was prone to hiring last year, when the share price peaked, to soothe the frayed nerves of traders at EasyScreen sales presentations. Docker met the pianist at the top floor bar in the Dorchester Hotel in London, where he still plays most nights.