AS I SEE IT Scotland needs to turn words into action in order to build on the promise of a digital future, writes TERRY MURDEN The September Fintech Festival is well under way, with the first of more than 50 events exposing Scotland’s expertise to a global audience. Next month the EIE pitching conference, now […]
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Unlocking Scotland’s tech potential
Interview: Alan Faichney, serial tech director They say that investors ultimately back the people in a business, because a great idea rarely works out well with the wrong people in charge. Alan Faichney would concur, and has been known to dispense with those not suited to the challenge ahead. However, he admits to being more […]
HS2 no match for high speed broadband
AS I SEE IT As HS2 marks a key milestone TERRY MURDEN asks if it is a badly needed project or a white elephant in the making Construction work is finally beginning on HS2, the high speed rail link that will run down the spine of Britain, or at least the lower spine. Following 10 […]
Now’s the time for Johnson to reform taxation
AS I SEE IT How to pay for the cost of the pandemic should force a change of thinking in Downing Street, says TERRY MURDEN Boris Johnson may see himself as a modern day Churchill, but it is the message of another of his predecessors that is now ringing true in Downing Street. When asked […]
Hapless unionists are driving Scotland to independence
AS I SEE IT: The Scottish nationalists are succeeding because their opponents cannot land a blow on a weakened government, says TERRY MURDEN Another week, another survey on independence, and once again this latest Panelbase poll for the Business for Scotland group suggests the ultimate prize is moving ever closer. BfS may be an indy-supporting […]