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
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
THE PRESSURE GROUP Extinction Rebellion has garnered considerable publicity in recent weeks with its demands for policy changes to mitigate Global Warming. Their demands are
WHEN I first read the Prime Minister’s new Brexit deal back in 2019 one thing, perhaps more than any other, jumped out at me. It
MOST PEOPLE probably don’t realise New Zealand has a similar land mass to the UK – NZ is the 75th largest country in the world, just
‘DIVERSITY’ is the new religion of the 21st Century, and strict adherence to its teachings is mandatory. For some, success is not judged by ledgers
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION recently announced that the EU will be allowing farmers to feed farm animals food known as Processed Animal Protein (PAP) made from
THE MASKING of the Italian Non-Performing Loan (NPL) situation via dodgy accounting and false deconsolidation merits far greater profile. Italian banks are more at risk – and
IN ITS ENTHUSIASM to wage war on Brexit the EU is, for the first time in its history, decisively and determinedly sacrificing the principle of