Jeremy Hunt wants to rekindle the spirit of privatisation to sell the government’s remaining shares in NatWest/RBS, but will it work, asks TERRY MURDEN While the Chancellor’s cuts in national insurance and the uplift in pensions were the stand out headline grabbers, there were a number of eye-catching announcements in the Autumn Statement that had […]
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Conference, tell me something new
Delegates are being short-changed by events that fail to tackle pressing issues, says TERRY MURDEN Conferences are big business and contribute substantially to city economies. But how many actually live up to expectations? Among the gatherings that took place over the past week were two with a long list of pressing issues for speakers and […]
Financing the future comes at a price
A new report sets ambitious targets for Scotland’s financial services, but the road is not without its obstacles, says TERRY MURDEN Scottish Financial Enterprise has set out its goals for the next five years in a document laced with grand plans for transforming the sector and reaffirming Scotland’s place at the fop table of the […]
Interview: Keith Neilson, CEO of Craneware
Keith Neilson: blown away by the size of the US healthcare market (pic: Terry Murden) Edinburgh businessman Keith Neilson tells TERRY MURDEN how he has his finger on the pulse of the lucrative US healthcare market Like many other offices these days there is plenty of elbow room for the handful of workers dotted around […]
Aspiring statesman with a sting in his tail
SNP leader Humza Yousaf showed his mettle to party delegates, but he cannot survive on giveaways, says TERRY MURDEN Is Humza Yousaf finished or has he just got started? On the evidence of the SNP leader’s confident and rousing address to his party’s annual conference it would be foolish to write him off, or to […]