Sandy Begbie: tighter proposition (pic: DB Media Services) The CEO of Scottish Financial Enterprise wants some radical thinking about tax, university tuition and building Team Scotland, says TERRY MURDEN It’s the day before the country goes to the polls and Sandy Begbie is nervously wondering if the change of government will mean a change of […]
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Interview: Malcolm Offord, Reform UK
Malcolm Offord: another SNP-Green coalition would be terrifying (pic: DB Media Services) The Reform UK Scotland leader says attitudes towards wealth need to change, writes TERRY MURDEN He may once have worn the ermine appropriate for the second chamber but today Baron Offord of Garvel, as he is still officially titled, is attired in more […]
Navigating the seed investment journey
There are some key factors to consider when raising external investment, say ROD HUTCHISON and MICHAEL LEITH So, you have a great business idea, you have gained some traction in the market and are ready to grow the business to the next stage. Many founders have the entrepreneurial spirit, work ethic and commercial acumen to […]
Suffering the wealth of indignation
Sadly, being rich in hand-out Scotland now makes you a target for the boo-boys, writes TERRY MURDEN Hurrah for Malcolm Offord. At least for the Reform Scotland leader’s decision to prick the anti-wealth balloon that has floated around Holyrood for too long. Yes, his declaration of a dazzling personal fortune at a time when many […]
Net Zero zeal is gambling with security
An ideological pursuit of a carbon-free world has left Scotland exposed to energy instability, says STRUAN STEVENSON The last Scottish Government’s approach to public spending drifted into a realm where ideology trumped pragmatism, and where virtue-signalling eclipsed value for money. Nowhere did this appear more starkly than in its fixation with renewable energy and the […]