NICOLA STURGEON may have had an unfortunate fall while she and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross visited the Bluevale Community Club in Glasgow recently but
IT USED TO BE that governments understood that economic prosperity was hard won and a result of nurturing the private sector, encouraging enterprise and spending
FOR THE PAST two weeks, as we approached the COP26 Climate Summit and throughout its duration, the Government’s preaching about commitments to help lower the
NOW THAT the dust has settled and we can reflect on it calmly and in more detail we can see that Rishi Sunak’s recent Budget
AS HER MAJESTY weighed in to inject purpose and optimism into the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) on Climate Change, Greta Thunberg less eloquently
THE PRE-BUDGET leaks are coming fast and furious from the Chancellor’s team in an attempt to set the agenda and manage expectations of what Rishi
BELATEDLY it is now appreciated that the Irish business model of “Foreign Direct Investment” orchestrated through the Irish Development Agency results in major tech and
“I’ve got the guts to make this a high wage economy.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson WELL THAT IS MARVELLOUS. Put up the minimum wage, berate
IS A WINTER OF DISCONTENT really ahead? That’s what the usual suspects and doom-mongers are telling us – with smiles from left-leaning think tanks and
GAS PRICES are spiking although the UK is sitting on massive shale gas reserves that could make the UK energy self-sufficient – but we’ve banned
AT THE RECENT Scottish Ex-Forces in Business Awards, I was delighted and honoured to be named their ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ for 2021. To be
I WAS SURPRISED at the weekend to read that Australia was pressuring the UK to exclude ‘binding commitments’ to the Paris Climate Change Agreement from