stigwood's aggressive style and his drive to expand his interests occasionally brought him into conflict with other entrepreneurs. stigwood is the subject of one of the most famous stories in british showbiz, a fabled altercation between himself and don arden, another aggressive promoter who later ran into problems for his illegal business tactics. during 1966 one of stigwood's staff made the mistake of discussing a possible change of management with one of arden's top acts, the small faces. not surprisingly, arden took exception to this, and in spite of the fact that stigwood had never met the group personally, arden decided to pay him a visit with some of his minders, to teach him a lesson.