Scott Davidson (musician)

Scott Davidson (born March 1963)[1] is an entrepreneur and former session musician who played keyboards with Bros[2] and Pet Shop Boys,[3] before founding the Trade-It free advert paper[4] and becoming a director and then chairman of Bristol City FC from 1996–2001.[3][5] In 1991, he accompanied Pet Shop Boys on their Performance Tour, playing keyboards and operating the sequencers.[6][7] In 2003, Davidson was a co-founder of The Big Fundraiser, now known as The Invitation Book, a discount voucher annual which aims to raise money for charities, based on an American publication, Entertainment.[8][9] He also has interests in software development, property, manufacturing and publishing in Ireland. He was a co-founder of vouchercloud.com, the digital voucher and discount platform which is responsible for the iPhone and Android app vouchercloud.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Scott Davidson". Company Check. UK. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  2. ^ Colbeck, Julian (August 1989). "Keyboards With Bros: Scott Davidson". Sound On Sound. London. Retrieved 5 October 2025 – via mu:zines.
  3. ^ a b Massey, Dave (4 April 1998). "Football: Davidson wants to put City's name up in lights". The Independent. London. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Trade-It's History". Trade-It. UK. 2000. Archived from the original on 8 February 2001. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Boardroom Changes Complete". BCFC. 17 November 2004. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  6. ^ Lethby, Mike (August 1991). "Pet Shop Boys on Tour" (PDF). Studio Sound and Broadcast Engineering. London. p. 26. Retrieved 5 October 2025 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ Heath, Chris (2020) [1993]. Pet Shop Boys versus America. London: William Heinemann. p. 32. ISBN 9781473575684.
  8. ^ "Fundraising magazine launches". BBC Bristol News. BBC. 6 November 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  9. ^ "About Us". Invitation Book. 2009. Archived from the original on 6 December 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Everyone is a winner in a new approach to fund-raising". Bristol Evening Post, archived at LexisNexis. Bristol News and Media. 29 March 2005. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Vouchercloud sold to Groupon in multi-million dollar deal". Bristol 24/7. Bristol, UK. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2025.


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