TERRY MURDEN was underwhelmed by the First Minister’s Programme for Government Well, it was hardly worth the wait. Humza Yousaf had been expected to put the government on an economic war footing. Instead, the guns fell silent. The Programme for Government was not so much a robust response to the clarion call from business but […]
Key to growth lies outside Scotland’s borders
Humza Yousaf needs to work with the power brokers south of the border to have any chance of growing the economy, writes TERRY MURDEN There will be no getting away from putting the economy at the forefront of Scottish government policy as Humza Yousaf lays out his plans for the next year. With a growing […]
Scotland’s risky game of political football
The independence campaign’s descent into a quasi sporting fixture is a detachment from reality, says TERRY MURDEN Humza Yousaf will take his seat in the Holyrood chamber on Tuesday to announce his first Programme for Government, buoyed by the flag-wavers and face-painted fanatics who marched through Edinburgh on Saturday in what has become a come-what-may […]
Abrdn break up talk | Life in the luxury lane
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says there is more speculation over asset manager Abrdn’s independence, while the luxury consumer market remains untouched by the cost of living crisis There is more talk about the attractions of breaking up Abrdn, the asset manager whose CEO regularly talks up its prospects for a bright new future […]
Review: An Audience with Stephanie Beacham
✭✭✭ Many will remember her as Martha Fraser, one of the many love interests of Ken Barlow (Bill Roache) in Coronation Street. She was a prisoner in Bad Girls and in Tenko, though perhaps Stephanie Beacham’s most fabled role was as Sable Colby in the 1980s series Dynasty and its spin-off The Colbys in which she sparred with Joan Collins and […]