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So when is a fiscal event major and when is it not? That has been one of the big questions in recent days, with not everyone agreeing with...
It was highly encouraging to see Scotland’s biggest city climb further up the league table of global financial centres when the latest rankings were...
A visit to the recently opened Edinburgh Gin Distillery in the heart of the Scottish capital brought home the major investment in - and sophistication...
Two crucial and familiar business and economic topics have been very much in focus in the last week, both of which have in recent times been the...
It would surely be difficult to find a way to sugar-coat the forecast by EY that Aberdeen will, between 2025 and 2028, be the “lowest-performing...
There was much in the way of runes to read after Port Glasgow shipyard Ferguson Marine lost out in the contest to build seven small, fully electric...
For people who understand the importance of the hundreds of jobs at Ferguson Marine and are passionate about harnessing Scotland’s shipbuilding...
It has been a big week for two very high-profile figures who featured prominently, in quite different ways, in the referendum on Scottish independence...
It seemed a bit surreal on Sunday to hear that Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of England, was to be the next prime minister of Canada. ...
By the time Nicola Sturgeon departed as first minister in March 2023, the relationship between the Scottish Government and business had to put it...
“We are committed to one major fiscal event a year, giving families and businesses due warning of tax and spending policies.” That was the...
One story in recent days which really grabbed the attention was the reinstatement of vowels in the name of a Scottish fund management giant. It has...
It has been fascinating in recent weeks to cover some major developments at Scotland’s airports, including through exclusive interviews with senior...
The latest trading updates from airlines and holiday companies in recent weeks provide much brightness amid the gloomy UK backdrop - not just the...
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...