Investors are being courted at a big summit in Scotland, but the country also needs more HQs and decision makers, writes TERRY MURDEN Gogarburn, home to the biggest company campus in Scotland, offers the sort of scale and grandeur that befits a gathering of some of the biggest names in UK and international finance. They […]
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Starmer full of pomp and more promises
The PM says he’s supporting working people, but are they supporting him, asks TERRY MURDEN So Sir Keir Starmer wants to present himself and his party as the good guys fighting for decency, patriotism and togetherness, a Prime Minister on the side of working people, business and the four nations. That’s the same chap who, […]
Time to check your LBTT returns
Many firms are getting caught out by a little-known legal requirement for Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, writes KATIE CORRIGAN The tax-raising powers of the Scottish Government are a perennial subject of debate. To some they are an essential part of Scotland’s self-determination toolkit, but to others a source of complexity. One such example is […]
Swinney’s solo show in lame-duck Cabinet
The First Minister will lead an election campaign with many of his front bench team leaving politics, writes TERRY MURDEN In the images of a ceremony in London to mark the UK’s formal recognition of the State of Palestine there was John Swinney, front of camera alongside Husam Zomlot, the nascent new state’s ambassador to […]
Take That bring Circus back to Glasgow
Take That’s Gary Barlow and Mark Owen Live music: Nineties pop icons return to Hampden Park, writes JULENA DRUMI A projection of an elephant on Hampden Park stadium sparked rumours that Take That were about to bring their Circus Tour back to Glasgow. Now the trio have confirmed that they will be performing at the […]