As I See It: TERRY MURDEN on the row over the ‘power grab’, and tackling the daily briefings Tackling the coronavirus pandemic has absorbed so much of the political agenda that it has become a rare moment when other issues have grabbed much attention. However, as lockdown eases and the economy reopens the big topic […]
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Sunak’s meal deal is just for starters
As I See It: Terry Murden First came the Prime Minister’s promises of a New Deal. Now we have the Chancellor’s Meal Deal, an offer to dine out at the Treasury’s expense as part of a menu of job schemes and tax cuts. Rishi Sunak will never be accused of avoiding give-away budgets, not that […]
Tech sector burns bright but needs to be kept alight
As I See It: Terry Murden Three months and counting, an economy brought almost to its knees. There were fears that by now, as the lockdown took hold, the hard-won gains in the technology sector would have been lost. A number of reports from, among others, the Turing organisers and anxious letters to MSPs , […]
Firms show their hand tackling the virus crisis
Amid the gloomy reports of companies on the brink, some have found salvation meeting one particular demand thrown up by the coronavirus, says TERRY MURDEN It had been a busy few weeks with revenue exceeding management expectations. “Sales of these products have been exceptional,” beamed Michael Williams, chief executive of a small distillery making gin […]
Higgins promised an action plan but gave us a wish list
As I See It: Terry Murden Three months is not a lot of time to produce a strategy to launch a small business, let alone reboot an entire economy. So Benny Higgins and his seven fellow advisers had their work cut out to produce the goods. They’ve produced a 77-page report, drawing on submissions from […]