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There was much to dissect in a couple of sets of annual results - from two big players on the Scottish corporate scene - in recent days. Insight can...
It is increasingly easy to be appalled by the short-term thinking of so many leaders in the corporate world as they run around like they have ants in...
The long history of investment trusts was highlighted by the Financial Conduct Authority on Friday as it published a consultation paper on proposed...
Foreign direct investment has been very much in focus in the last week, both at a Scottish level and for Glasgow City Region. As part of The...
The thing which jumped out immediately on looking at EY’s latest foreign direct investment survey for Scotland was a 20% fall in the number of...
Prestwick Airport’s chief executive is shaking off the remnants of laryngitis when I interview him in the boardroom, but that does not stop him...
As the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote looms large, it should really be of no surprise to anyone that this folly and its major effects on the UK...
It is now less than a week until the 10th anniversary of the UK’s Brexit vote. And it has been a difficult decade indeed. Of course, the coronavirus...
Royal Bank of Scotland’s decision to close another six branches north of the Border has been very much in the spotlight in recent days. A petition...
Isle of Harris Distillery’s executive chairman, reflecting on the decade or so since the Tarbert operation opened, declared he was “very...
Mr Topsy-Turvy came to mind in the wake of an announcement by Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday. This character from the Mr Men children’s book...
As a Labour leadership contest looms, it has not been surprising to see Brexit feature prominently as the likely approaches of Andy Burnham and Wes...
The managers of the £16 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust provided much food for thought when they presented its annual results last week....
“Fairly incredible” was how new Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Tourism and Transport Stephen Flynn described the progress made by Prestwick...
There has been a fair smattering of good news on the Scottish business and economic front in the past week. Given the tough backdrop, such cheer is...
There is much good news for Scotland’s airports in data released this week by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The numbers, covering the first...
One aspect of John Swinney’s speech to the Confederation of British Industry in Scotland’s annual lunch in Edinburgh on Friday stood out. This...
The Scottish airport had plenty of reasons to celebrate as it flagged the key flights milestone, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell. And the...
This Scottish airport has enjoyed success after success in recent times, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell. And it is notching up milestone after...
From a business and economic perspective, the big focus post-election was always going to be on who would succeed Kate Forbes in the economy role....
As the peak summer holiday season approaches, holiday companies and airlines are talking about booking patterns and pricing. Business Editor Ian...
John Swinney and Sir Keir Starmer both addressed the same big issue last week. However, while both in essence expressing pro-European sentiments, the...
The graduate jobs market is tough at a time when we are seeing the rise of artificial intelligence. Business Editor Ian McConnell analyses some more...
So why am I still writing about Brexit? Business Editor Ian McConnell offers his views on why this topic is so crucial as we look forward. Before...
Amid the Scottish Parliament election campaigning last week, a couple of positive and non-contentious stories stood out on the business and economic...
The next Scottish government, which now looks almost certain to be another SNP administration with or without a power-sharing agreement, can be sure...
It was great to hear the update from the owner of the major Scottish yard as a shipbuilding 'step forward' was celebrated, writes Business...
Why did the rules allow a major Scottish company's entire board to be ousted? Business Editor Ian McConnell weighs the major issues raised by the...
The Scottish Parliament election has not surprisingly dominated the headlines, writes Ian McConnell. The Business Editor considers the crux of the...
Malcolm Offord set the cat among the pigeons with his declaration during Scotland’s televised election debate that he owns “six houses, five cars...
Should the state-owned Scottish shipyard have been ruled out of this lucrative contract to replace a vessel it built in 1989? Business Editor Ian...
It was inevitable more and more people would realise they had been sold a pup by the Brexiters, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell. And, as we...
Brexit remains a very hot topic indeed in spite of the desperate efforts by those who visited the catastrophe upon us . It is hardly surprising to see...
The declaration last week from US hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital Management that the board of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust...
Tourism has been in focus, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell, with a Scottish travel agent flagging a surge in bookings to 'absolutely amazing...
There has been much politicking around the Scottish National Investment Bank, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell. But this all adds up to a very big...
There is surely much to consider for the SNP and Labour in the findings of a major poll of Scottish business leaders by The Herald, writes Ian...
It would surely be no skin off the government's chin to talk up the North Sea, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell. And it would be ridiculous...
There has been something eye-catching on the Scottish income tax front, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell. You would just about have had to be...
Praise for Kate Forbes was among several notable things as another major success for Prestwick Airport was announced last Friday, writes Ian...
A couple of significant pieces of news produced mixed emotions, writes Ian McConnell. And hopefully there will be plenty more success stories to come...
The decision by the Chinese carrier to increase the frequency of its service at the Scottish airport to daily is a big deal, writes Business Editor...
The Glasgow Union Street fire is a major blow but there is a big thing about the city that is often overlooked, writes Ian McConnell. Much tends to be...
There were two very different transatlantic interactions on the Scottish business scene, writes Ian McConnell. Good news on US flights from Scotland...
It was dispiriting to hear a major Scottish company declare that it has "reached the end of the road" with a US hedge fund's obsession,...
The major US airline executive's enthusiasm about Scotland was even more uplifting than the dulcet tones of Edinburgh Airport's chief...
Given what is at stake, it would be great to see everyone get behind Ferguson Marine or at least recognise the importance of having this shipbuilding...
It was great to hear this week of the Scottish Government's proposed award of major work to the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow, writes...
There was one particularly striking point, among many, in the responses of the owner of an award-winning Scottish family business which makes a...
The doomsayers on Scotland may have got a big surprise last week, writes Business Editor Ian McConnell. Given the doomsaying that seems to be an...
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