As I See It: Terry Murden Nicola Sturgeon certainly doesn’t have her troubles to seek. In the space of a few weeks she has lost four key figures she may reasonably have expected to be pillars of strength. First the Finance Secretary quit over a texting scandal; her predecessor’s dirty linen has been washed in […]
What will the post-lockdown world really look like?
Adapting to a lockdown lifestyle has left us all pondering what changes may be ahead. TERRY MURDEN take a look into the near future (pic: Victoria Street, Edinburgh, DB Media Services) We keep getting told a different world will emerge from the coronavirus blitzkrieg and two weeks into the health-enforced lockdown we’re all asking just […]
Banks should turn dividend delay into action for customers
As I See It: Terry Murden Britain’s banks have announced the cancellation of this year’s dividends ‘for the good of the economy’ although, in truth, they had to be pushed into it and should have made this move already. The Prudential Regulation Authority, together with a number of City grandees such as Sir John Vickers, […]
Sunak soothes the self-employed but some still left behind
As I See It: Terry Murden Chancellor Rishi Sunak has won many friends with his series of ‘mini-budgets’ aimed at ensuring we get through the virus crisis, but his pledge to ‘do whatever it takes’ does come with a few exceptions. Mr Sunak accepts that his plans are not perfect. No rescue package can be. […]
Let’s settle for a new normal. The alternative is too scary
As I See It: Terry Murden Not so long ago hospitality companies were having a duck-fit over Brexit plans that threatened to restrict their ability to hire immigrant labour. How quickly sentiment can change. The Spaniards, Latvians and other foreign workers at the Coylumbridge Hotel in Aviemore may have been reminded of this when they […]