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No one should be surprised about the sharp focus on the Labour Government’s attitude towards the North Sea, and the welter of headlines around this....
It has been interesting to distil my thoughts on the future of Glasgow, as The Herald has in the last week focused on this important topic in a major...
Scotland’s outperformance of the UK as a whole in the economic growth stakes last year will likely, as well as having confounded some forecasters,...
The scale of the reaction by businesses to the impending hike in employers’ national insurance contributions has been very striking indeed. That...
The UK economy has been firmly in focus in the last week. Sadly, there has been nothing to lift the spirits on this front, in terms of the outlook. ...
John Kelly has been an estate agent for nearly four decades so when he declares he has “never seen” a housing market like the current one it...
Valentine’s Day saw US hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital Management notch up a seventh knockback in its campaign to oust the boards...
It has been heartening recently to hear the confidence of senior figures at two of Scotland’s airports, which have had contrasting experiences since...
The first thing that strikes you about the airport, going airside in a minibus, is the scale of the airfield and the aerospace cluster around it. ...
What was probably most striking when speaking to Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar last week was his confidence that the tailwind which...
The hike in employers’ national insurance contributions announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her first Budget last October has been in the...
Having covered the investment trust sector for decades, it was probably natural before Boaz Weinstein’s arrival on the scene to feel I had seen...
Scotland’s largest independent restaurant group has this week shown that, while it might not be easy to make money given the headwinds facing the...
Leavers’ disappointment that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer did not throw a fifth anniversary party for Brexit on Friday was almost comical. Only...
News of the departure of Andy Cliffe as chief executive of Glasgow Airport’s owner was something of an eyebrow-raiser when it came this week. It...
People’s views on what should be the UK Government’s top priority when it comes to trade, geographically speaking, might come as a big surprise to...
Much of the focus in the last week, from a political and economic perspective, has unsurprisingly been on the return of Donald Trump as US President. ...
Much has been made of the unpredictability of a Donald Trump administration in the US - probably for good reason given his previous term as President....
Speaking to Auchrannie Resort’s finance director this week, one thing which came across very clearly was the array of challenges facing a Scottish...
It would be difficult to overstate the degree to which Boaz Weinstein’s salvo at seven investment trusts, three of them run from Edinburgh by...
Donald Trump and Elon Musk were very much in focus in Edinburgh on Wednesday as the managers of the £12 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust...
Too often in the business world, especially these days, short-termism is the order of the day. This should perhaps be no great surprise. Executive...
Former Member of the European Parliament Andrew Duff’s analysis on the idea of reversing Brexit, published last week, makes a coherent and indeed...
From a Scottish perspective, Tesla and SpaceX leader Elon Musk looks to have hit a bum note with his musings about the propensity of companies to...
There was much food for thought provided by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive when I interviewed him recently. Among the most...
Much is uncertain as we proceed - perhaps warily given the somewhat miserable economic backdrop that has dominated for the best part of two decades...
As another year dawns, Brexit remains the issue that will just not go away for the UK. Of course, so many Brexiters appear to have for so long now...
It might have been the week of Christmas but that did not stop two household names in insurance, both with major Scottish connections, unveiling a...
During what has been a somewhat tumultuous year on the political front, the relationship between the Scottish Government and business has once...
Clyde shipbuilder Ferguson Marine, under the ownership of the Scottish Government since falling into administration in 2019 and lamentably but not...
Lord Peter Mandelson becoming UK ambassador to the US would put a heavyweight political veteran with deep trade experience on the front line of...
If Sir Keir Starmer or anyone in his Cabinet have not yet read the London School of Economics and Political Science’s paper on the effect of Brexit...
Given all the political mudslinging that has gone on over Ferguson Marine, the thoughts of a Scottish engineering industry leader on the Port...
Brexit has been back in the spotlight in the last week, in large part because of Rachel Reeves becoming the first UK Chancellor to attend a meeting...
The mood in Britain seems far from merry as we head towards Christmas. Households continue to carry the enormous burden of the cost of living...
Package holiday giant and airline TUI has revealed record profits from its hotels and resorts, and cruises divisions, while reporting a 33% surge...
When it comes to politicians, it is imperative to strip away the gloss and consider the substance of the matter. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s trip to...
The gulf between the projected economic performance of Glasgow and Edinburgh on the one hand - and rural and island areas of Scotland and Aberdeen...
Scotland’s airports have been very much in focus in the last month, with Prestwick recording a fifth consecutive annual profit under Scottish...
There are plenty of people, within and outwith the business world, who are happy to pan the Scottish Government at every opportunity. Most of the...
Consumers’ continuing voracious appetite for overseas holidays has been thrown into stark relief again in recent days. easyJet last Wednesday...
As the Scottish Budget looms, large segments of the business community appear to be oozing discontent. It is fair to say relations between the...
Package holiday giant and airline Jet2’s latest results made for fascinating reading. The general tone around the economy, notably including from...
Brexit has been sharply in focus again in the aftermath of Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey having offered his tuppence worth on something...
The topic of free university tuition for people in Scotland has been back in the headlines in recent days. It is never that far from the headlines...
It says much about the in-denial Brexiters that a simple statement of fact from the Bank of England Governor, made in the most cautious of ways,...
It has been a big week for Scottish airports. Last Monday, Prestwick Airport revealed that it had made a fifth consecutive annual profit. This is...
News that the owner of Glasgow and Aberdeen airports is being acquired by one of Canada’s largest pension investors came somewhat out of the blue...
It was extremely heartening to learn on Monday that Prestwick Airport had achieved a fifth consecutive year of profit. You would imagine this news...
Tourism has been very much in focus in Scotland in the last week, in a positive way. Donald Trump’s presidential election victory naturally...