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The £50m investment that could generate billions for Scotland

The £50m investment that could generate billions for Scotland

Scotland is heading into the 2026 Holyrood elections with a brutally crowded in‑tray. Fragile health and care services, stretched schools, a housing...

17.03.2026 8

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Kristy Dorsey

Overhaul to bridge Scotland's skills gap is well overdue

The road to ruin is paved to a great extent by slabs of good intentions lacking durable foundations, quickly creating stumbling blocks and pitfalls...

07.01.2026 30

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Kristy Dorsey

Can yet another inquiry fix the UK's NEET crisis?

A lost generation, or is there still time to stem the rising tide of young people disengaging from work and education? If it isn't a disaster, the...

12.11.2025 5

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Kristy Dorsey

Here's some reasons for cheer in the Scottish business community

The world is in a more precarious state than at any point in recent decades and that is taking its toll on the UK economy, yet there are still...

29.06.2025 4

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Kristy Dorsey

Workers running on empty in an era of mental decline

Perhaps you were too busy to notice, but it's Mental Health Awareness Week. With UK employees ranking among the worst in Europe for long hours, tight...

14.05.2025 10

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Kristy Dorsey

Cue the call for Scottish ministers to take a leaf out of Westminster's book The Office for Budget Responsibility has concluded that the UK government is on track to build an extra 1.3 million homes by the end of the parliament

There weren't all that many people that the Chancellor managed to convince, but Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement on Wednesday did persuade one key...

30.03.2025 5

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Kristy Dorsey

The UK is the next in line in the war against diversity Donald Trump's crusade against DEI is reverberating across corporate UK

The crusade in the US against diversity, equality and inclusion - known as DEI in corporate circles - has been gathering pace since a Supreme Court...

05.03.2025 4

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Kristy Dorsey

Why are there so few female chief executives? Until child rearing responsibilities are shared equally by both parents, the number of women surmounting the corporate ladder will remain restricted

Peer-reviewed meta-analyses across a variety of countries have found a statistically significant positive correlation between female chief executives...

26.02.2025 7

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Kristy Dorsey

Why is the MPC now turning a blind eye as inflation re-emerges?

The Bank of England has not proven particularly prescient in recent years but might it be that things are different this time around? Inflation has...

19.02.2025 6

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Kristy Dorsey

Scotland's bio-economy marks new milestone as industry advances gather pace Scotland's IBioIC welcomed more than 100 new members to its network in 2024, reflecting the growth in the sector

From curing the common cold to growing meat in a laboratory, Scotland's expanding cadre of biotechnology companies is a highly valuable component of...

06.02.2025 10

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Kristy Dorsey

Working from home isn't the culprit in declining UK productivity Former M&S boss Stuart Rose is wrong to suggest that the UK's problems with low productivity can be solved by workers going back to the office

It's nearly five years on since the city streets fell into an eerie hush as Covid lockdown restrictions took effect, with all but "essential" stores...

22.01.2025 7

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Kristy Dorsey