<b><b>Jeremy Gates talks to John Allan, the new managing director of Cala Homes South, about his plans for the division</b></b><br><b>Since Cala Homes proudly took itself back into private ownership two years ago, the firm has resembled the All Blacks&amp;’ forwards in a rugby scrum: everything going on inside is well organised and smoothly executed, but it is rather difficult to see the ball.</b><br><b><b>Fine tuning</b></b><br>Even a perfectly-drilled mafia of highly ambitious Scottish accountants, however, recognises that it is occasionally advisable to raise one&amp;’s profile. John Allan, who joined Cala 15 years ago to specialise in land acquisition, is taking over the southern operation to gently fine-tune his company&amp;’s strategy around the M25.<p></p><p>&amp;“For the first two years after the management buyout,&amp;” he says, &amp;“it was critical that we met our targets and delivered them to the bank. In that time, we have done exactly what we promised to do - though Bank of Scotland has told us that only 4% of MBOs manage to do the same.</p><p>&amp;“We have been cautious and prudent in our approach - what you might expect from a Scottish company. From now on, we will drive the business forward. We set ourselves achievable targets and made them, and …