Shining a light on industry’s hidden data: Professor Stephen McArthur tells a story about the nineteenth century engineer Robert Stevenson who defied those who told him that he would be unable to build a lighthouse 11 miles out to sea. The Bell Rock was duly erected off the Firth of Tay and was completed in […]
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Poor digital connectivity ‘is threat to economy’
Fibre networks: Scotland’s digital infrastructure is being “left in the dust” by the rest of Europe and with no solution in sight, experts state that the issue is increasingly becoming a threat to the economy. On industry operator is warning that if the issue is not addressed it is likely to cause the country’s digital […]
Interview: Daniel Rodgers, CEO of QikServe
Quickening the pace of change They were taking orders for gin in one corner of the room and delivering them in another. For guests mingling at the new offices of QikServe this was a way of showing them what the company does and how it lives up to its name. As the QikServe-operated kiosk did […]
Even Google can’t make up for our DIY failure
Rab McNeil’s Week Top readers among you may recall that, a couple of years ago, the head of one of the big (or formerly big) DIY chains claimed that the sector was failing because of an influx of eastern Europeans who, for some reason, can fix, build and maintain anything, in a way that we […]
Interview: Jim Mellon, global investor
It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it Jim Mellon is 60. He doesn’t want anyone to know that, so just keep it between you and me, okay? What’s interesting, though, is that he could be just half way through his life, if current predictions are anything to go by. Mellon is a rich […]