MANY BUSINESSES today emphasise teamwork. As British industry emerged from its strike-prone years in the 1970’s, new factories taking over from the old often adopted
FOR THE PAST ten years, I have had the privilege of serving as Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Business UK, alongside my great friend the
IT IS THE HEIGHT OF ABSURDITY that the UK Government argues that joining the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme will protect the UK’s exports – when
THIS MAY SEEM a bit obvious but sometimes one needs to go back to basics such is the nature of the discourse of the ruling
Here is a selection of charts designed to challenge some of the shakier claims about the economic impacts of Brexit, including on the pound, investment,
First published on 22 March 2021 WHEN WRITING about the ongoing saga in Bute House it is difficult to know when and where to begin.
The Bank of England Governor ought to understand this. NOT SO LONG AGO, the head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said of EU financial
HEADLINES from recent opinion polls suggest that a majority of Brits now want to reverse Brexit. But a deeper dive shows that this support is
A cut-out-and-keep summary of the claims most commonly made about the harm that Brexit has supposedly done to UK GDP, their sources, their methodology and
The claim that Brexit has already shrunk the UK economy by “as much as 8 per cent” is based on flawed analysis and should not
POLITICALLY, the UK has been moving toward the dismantling of its hydrocarbon extractive industries for many decades. Almost all post-war UK governments, including those of
TOGETHER with David Turver and Brian Monteith, I recently published a paper – Premeditated industrial destruction; How the UK destroyed its industry and a plan