 Savage provided the finance necessary to sign Romanian international Marius Niculae, and Savage's departure meant that Inverness could no longer afford the player.He is also the chairman of Inverness based Orion Group, an engineering recruitment business.In December 2013 it was announced that Mr Savage had donated £150,000 to the anti-Scottish independence group Better Together, stating that "My support for the Better Together campaign is stronger than ever following the publication of a White Paper that does nothing to convince me that independence would be a force for good for Scotland, Scottish people, the Scottish business community and the rest of our friends in the UK."