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David Lonsdale: A Christmas Carol not the worst parallel

Retailers will be hoping Finance Secretary Shona Robison is more Santa Claus than Ebenezer Scrooge when she reveals her Scottish Budget this week. ...

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Scotland's retail industry remains committed to the net-zero goal

It’s exactly three years since the United Nations came to Glasgow to hold its COP26 conference on climate change. It was exhilarating to see so many...

04.11.2024 10

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No time to dawdle as new government forges stronger partnership with retail

IT’S exactly a month since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister. In the days since he has sought to convey a rather dull impression of solidity...

05.08.2024 10

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No surprise that retail is helping to shift the dial on diversity and inclusion

RETAIL has long competed with other sectors to attract and retain talent. That rivalry has stiffened in the last few years of relatively low...

01.07.2024 20

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Supporting everyday economy sectors like retail is good politics

THE announcement of the General Election was a strange combination of the surprising and the inevitable. It was coming and allegedly prompted by...

03.06.2024 10

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New First Minister has real opportunity to work with business community

THE political turbulence of the last few weeks will hopefully stabilise in the coming days and provide a little more certainty for businesses....

06.05.2024 20

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Tackling crime demands attention and action, surely something we can all get behind

IT’S four years since the first Covid lockdown and in some respects, it feels a distant memory. Back then, Scotland’s retailers spent millions of...

01.04.2024 20

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David Lonsdale: Public spending control should be a focus amid tax moves

The news that the UK has entered recession brings into sharp focus the difficult decisions on taxation which face government. Finance ministers are...

04.03.2024 6

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David Lonsdale: Sooner surtax idea is shelved, the better

The Covid Inquiry has given a peek into how public policy is sometimes formulated at the upper echelons of government. It might be argued not every...

05.02.2024 9

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'Tis the season for spending restraint to do the heavy lifting

The arrival of Christmas adverts to our television screens is the traditional declaration that festive shopping should commence. In much the same way...

04.12.2023 8

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