Let’s be stronger at backing our economic winners
Scotland has genuinely world-class industries, but we tend to undervalue our successes. In these uncertain economic times, we incline to worry more about our weaknesses than building on our strengths. ...
How the Hub can be the nub for sustained economic success across Scotland
Could the answer to the financial and service delivery challenges facing Scotland’s public sector organisations be right in front of them?For the last 15-years the five hub companies set up...
The Fine Art of the Deal: Ten pointers from our Business experts
The Business Dealmakers’ Breakfast all-women panel, entitled The Fine Art of Negotiation, at the Hoxton in Edinburgh in April, chaired by Colette Grant, included Lindsay Campbell, Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne and Claudia...
SHOW WEEK: Cottage Cheese Up, Malt Whisky Down, and AI is all about ‘workforce reshaping’
Just after a quarter to eight, Duke, a beautifully-coiffured Shetland pony, all the way from Cambridgeshire, with floppy dark hair covering his eyes, was among a posse of horses preparing...
SHOW WEEK: New chair Kay Adam brings her farming flair to the bull ring
Kay Adam was three months old when she was taken to her first Royal Highland Show and became a member aged seven. Could there be a better choice as chair...
Storm clouds gathering as Scotland’s rural economy is under pressure
Scotland’s farms, fisheries and forests are facing mounting pressure from all sides – and the result is likely to be a significant increase in food inflation later this year Scotland’s...
Flynn urged to look into ‘unaccounted’ funding of Greenock drydock work
Campaigners in Inverclyde have written to Stephen Flynn, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Tourism and Transport, seeking his intervention to save the historic Inchgreen Dry Dock in Greenock.They also want ministerial...
UK space investor Seraphim, chaired by Whitehorn, to enter FTSE 250
Seraphim Space Investment Trust — the world’s first listed space tech investment company — is to enter the FTSE 250 Index on 19 June. The company, chaired by Edinburgh space...
Bank’s £50m investment into Fife energy storage, owned by Danish fund manager
The Scottish National Investment Bank is spending £50m to acquire a minority stake in the Devilla Battery Energy Storage System, at Kincardine, from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), alongside Nuclear Liabilities Fund (NLF)...
French investors like look of Scottish com prop assets
Investors from France have snapped up nearly £200m in Scottish commercial property since November, as the historic connections between the two countries take a modern twist. Research from Knight Frank has...