Reston station is a £20m project A village in Berwickshire is about to be re-introduced to the railway timetable, writes JULENA DRUMI Nothing much of note happens in Reston, population 450, located 10 miles north of Berwick and, according to the community website, “just a few hundred yards from the A1”. Until now, one of […]
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Small firms play big part in parliament’s revival
SMEs have been invited to work on the mammoth task of repairing the Palace of Westminster, writes JULENA DRUMI The House of Commons has been the setting for many political meltdowns as politicians have valiantly battled to save their careers and their parties. Now it is the Palace of Westminster itself that is fighting for […]
End of an era as Blackberry bows out
Twenty years ago it was a symbol of influence. An indication that you were on-trend and with the times. Blackberry phones were the must-have device, the elite brand that pushed its way into a market otherwise dominated by Nokia in the new mobile market. Now it is effectively obsolescent. The Canadian company has turned off […]
Retailers battling for home advantage
Retail revival: Vivien Smith and Fallon Cowley (pic: Terry Murden) Interview: Vivien Smith and Fallon Cowley, retail entrepreneurs We’ve all got used to retail being in retreat, with the loss of well-known names and once-busy shopping streets blighted by boarded up units. So the re-opening of a derelict unit in one of Scotland’s commuter hotspots […]
Battling Omicron’s power of persuasion
AS I SEE IT: The new Covid variant is a test for both economic policy and public behaviour, says TERRY MURDEN ‘Everybody has a plan until you’re punched in the face’. So said former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. His quip was recalled last week by the Bank of England’s chief economist Huw Pill, noting […]