AS I SEE IT: Huge hurdles await many businesses as they get back to ‘normal’, writes TERRY MURDEN The widely expected reopening of the economy has turned 9 August into our date with destiny, the day when life gets back to near-normal. Even the First Minister, despite her refusal to call it Freedom Day, declared […]
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See a show and support those who support Scotland
Scots should show their appreciation for Festival performers helping to keep the show on the road, writes RUSSELL DALGLEISH Recently I was reminded by a senior figure in the world of event management in the US that the largest ticketed events on earth have been the Olympics, the football World Cup, and the Edinburgh Festivals. […]
More monitoring of our lives is on the cards
TECH TALK: The UK government is again looking at introducing identity cards, writes BILL MAGEE Identity cards are like Marmite, donor kebabs and Donald Trump. You either love ’em or hate ’em. But one thing is clear: Brits are just not wired up towards sharing their personal information willy-nilly. As an island we appear strongly resistant to their […]
Upstarts beware as big banking roars again
Those who wrote off the high street banks underestimated their resilience, says TERRY MURDEN There was a time when it looked like the banking system would never be the same again. The crash of 2008-09 appeared to spell permanent change, and the talk was all about “challenger” banks shaking things up, with technological advances over […]
Hold your nerve when the index is low
ON THE MONEY: Don’t be afraid to take a chance when others are running for the hills, says ALAN STEEL “When you say to yourself -‘what if?’ it’s typically short for ‘what if it goes wrong?’ which in turn means ‘it will go wrong’. And that’s the most common reason why so many never take […]