Gillian Fleming: democratising angel investing (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Gillian Fleming, CEO, Mint Ventures An angel investment group led by women to help other women is not a new idea, but there is plenty of fresh thinking behind Mint Ventures which debuted last week and is already starting to turn heads. For starters, it wants […]
Cambo Shell shock | Abrdn picking winners
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN Big oil just made a big statement that has raised more questions than it has provided answers. Just a few weeks ago Shell CEO Ben van Beurden was declaring his commitment to the Cambo oil field off Shetland and warning that failure to proceed would leave Britain exposed to […]
One-time rebel on a renewables mission
Power plan: Gen Cannibal (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Gen Cannibal, environmental entrepreneur Intelligence, according to the bespectacled man sitting opposite me, is innate while passing exams is a result of training. It explains, perhaps, why the boy who grew up on a Lancashire council estate and played in a punk rock band dropped out of […]
Battling Omicron’s power of persuasion
AS I SEE IT: The new Covid variant is a test for both economic policy and public behaviour, says TERRY MURDEN ‘Everybody has a plan until you’re punched in the face’. So said former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. His quip was recalled last week by the Bank of England’s chief economist Huw Pill, noting […]
New economy must be built on a level playing field
AS I SEE IT: Politicians should avoid creating the damaging divisions of the past, argues TERRY MURDEN The debate over the shape of economic renewal in Scotland and rest of the UK inevitably leans towards investment in green energy, broadband, financial technology, data analytics and coding. These will be the pillars of the fourth industrial […]