AS I SEE IT: Research from the LSE was not so damning about Brexit as the SNP would have us believe, says TERRY MURDEN Boris Johnson’s botched Brexit deal is causing “untold misery” to businesses across the UK, according to the SNP, basing its gloomy prognosis on a new report which it says has “exposed […]
SMEs still going for growth | retail’s tale of two cities
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN on businesses refusing to be beaten… and contrasting retail patterns in Scotland’s biggest cities According to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund a global slowdown looks inevitable, and there is talk of the UK entering recession before the year is out. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey […]
Build and buy plan creates a wealth of solutions
Interview: David Montgomery, wealth manager There was a bit of understandable edginess in David Montgomery’s voice as he spoke about a personal emergency confronting him. He was due to fly out to Florida the following week for a family holiday but had just heard that the US authorities were raising questions that might prevent them […]
Time to put local back into local elections
AS I SEE IT: ‘Sending a message to Boris’ has no place in local elections, says TERRY MURDEN Amid the deluge of campaign material for the local elections comes an email from the SNP as the party embarks on a 21-day battle bus tour of Scotland, including nine council areas. However, voters worrying about the […]
Investors yet to taste upside in Parsley Box
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN on the latest promises of a revival at the ready meals firm Year end figures from Parsley Box have given the troubled ready meals company slightly better reasons to be optimistic, though we’ve been here before and investors who bought into the Edinburgh-based firm’s IPO just a year ago […]