RUSSELL DALGLEISH explains how an idea to bring Scots together grew into a global phenomenon When Christine Esson and I launched Scottish Business Network in January 2016 I had never heard of the word “diaspora”. We were simply looking to bring together Scots working in London to help Scottish companies win more business in the […]
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Emilia looking to clean up with ambitious growth plan
Perfect Clean, the Edinburgh-based cleaning specialist, is looking to expand its services nationwide as part of a strategic post-lockdown growth plan. Since forming the company in 2013, managing director Emilia Ferenc has successfully focused on the capital, with an extensive list of clients built up across various sectors. Having just won a tender for Napier […]
Tech firms promise a bright future, if they can survive the crisis
As I See It: Terry Murden It’s been said that if closing down the economy was a challenge, then reopening it will be considerably more difficult. Just how do you ensure that employees and customers will not be exposed to the deadly virus, and how viable will businesses be when they are shrouded in a […]
Get infected, tough it out, get back to work
As I See It: Steve Sampson Let’s get one thing clear immediately. The virus started in China. I’ll always love Peking Duck, but bat soup? I don’t care what the woke Lord Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says. There is nothing racist about all this. More importantly, the Chinese are now recovering fastest and they […]
Despite the grim Chambers report there are reasons to be cheerful
As I See It: Terry Murden Scotland’s economists have been in full thundering ‘gloom mood’, giving a stark and bruising assessment of the outlook and warning of “subdued levels of confidence and investment”. Yet even before the send button was pressed on this latest view from the Scottish Chambers of Commerce and Fraser of Allander […]