With unemployment set to soar in the UK following the Covid19 pandemic, alongside an eco-friendly economic recovery to fight climate change, a retired engineer is continuing to lament the fact that successive Governments since 2010 have not adopted his innovative Smart Grid solution. Hugh Smeaton’s system, which has been patented recently in the UK (Apparatus […]
Beating the booze put ex-broker in a better place
A former oil broker and bar tender, who is raising money for his healthy drinking programme, understands at first hand how a bad experience with alcohol can change your life. Ruari Fairbairns is part-way through a £1.4 million fund-raiser for his One Year No Beer online tool kit which helps those wanting to live an […]
Designing homes for the post-Covid era
Crises are often a catalyst for change, particularly when they concern public health. The First World War gave birth to the slogan “homes fit for heroes” and while its good intent did not translate wholly into action it did play a part in ridding the country of insanitary slum dwellings and introducing garden cities with […]
‘Glassgow’ pursues more hotel towers despite downturn
As I See It: Terry Murden Another large hotel development has been approved in Glasgow which suggests the City Council is more optimistic than some about prospects for the leisure and business tourism sector. There were already thousands of objections to the £30 million development at the junction of West Nile Street and Bath Street […]
Something in the air for hard-pressed aviation sector
A normally routine Monday morning flight from Gatwick to Glasgow became an important milestone for the UK aviation industry. The 7am flight out of London, 15 June, will be remembered as the moment when Anglo-Scottish flights flickered back to life after an 11-week layoff. The 51 masked passengers, scattered aboard the 186-seat A320 Airbus, may […]