Think Business

August 17, 2026
Mike Nevin

Required urgently: an economic revolution

TO SAY that Rachel Reeves’ first sixteen months as Chancellor of the Exchequer have not been an unqualified success is something of an understatement. Since

Catherine McBride

Time for the OBR to admit it got Brexit wrong

THE OBR (Office for Budget Responsibility) published its annual report evaluating its fiscal forecasting record last month. The report doesn’t mention Brexit specifically but does

Struan Stevenson

Why Covid lockdowns brought a salmon surge

IT SEEMS like Scotland’s salmon farms have bounced back after Covid. After years of struggle with Brexit uncertainty, the cost-of-living crisis, soaring energy costs and

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