Back to basics: coffee in a sachet An Edinburgh bean roaster is putting quality into a quick cuppa, writes TERRY MURDEN As coffee drinkers have learned to compute the variety of flavours, temperatures and delivery methods on offer from a range of roasted beans, the idea of just pouring water over a spoonful of granules […]
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High costs loom for the ESG quitters
Businesses dialling down on their net zero commitments have much to lose, writes IAIN CLUNIE In 2023, a new phrase was inducted into the corporate lexicon – ‘quiet quitting’. It was generally deployed to describe an informal work to rule action by employees who felt undervalued by their employers or burnt out by their jobs. […]
New MSPs will need digital ambitions
Holyrood’s next intake must look to small nations like Estonia and Denmark to solve Scotland’s inefficient public services, writes IAN RITCHIE As politicians campaign for the right to govern at Holyrood next year a key question they face will be how cost-effectively public services are being delivered by the devolved government. The answer, unfortunately, is […]
An invitation to Henson’s Goblin City
Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie star in Labyrinth (pic: Deacon Communications) Musical fantasy Labyrinth will be performed in Glasgow and Edinburgh, writes JULENA DRUMI Puppet master Jim Henson’s original masterpiece and musical fantasy film Labyrinth will be touring the UK in concert next Spring in celebration of its 40th anniversary. Fans of the cult production, which stars David […]
Case for oil & gas has SNP over a barrel
Softening attitudes to fossil fuels could ease tensions in the energy industry, writes TERRY MURDEN Norwegian energy company Equinor has done what was asked of it by declaring how much CO2 will be pumped into the atmosphere if it extracts 300 million barrels of oil from the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea. It […]