Ministers need to stop gambling with the economy and apply more stringent boardroom level scrutiny to policy making, says STRUAN STEVENSON Thousands of words have been written about the waste of public money in the ongoing ferries fiasco – £250 million and counting – as well as the vexed question of who bears responsibility for […]
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Crypto needs rules to rein in volatility
TECH TALK: Regulation is urgently needed to stabilise and secure the volatile crypto market, says BILL MAGEE Have we just seen a cryptocurrency meltdown or just another blip in a highly-volatile global coin market in urgent need of a regulatory reboot? Over $500 billion (£400bn) of crypto value was wiped out in less than a […]
Pay claims still driven by the ‘us and them’ grievance
AS I SEE IT: Governments get the trade unions they deserve, says TERRY MURDEN Those of a certain age will recall that it used to be every boy’s dream to be a train driver. It was the romantic allure of the railways, the wide-eyed excitement of seeing those huge mechanical dragons getting up steam and […]
Reston back on track after half a century
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 […]
Obituary: Sir Angus Grossart
Sir Angus Grossart: supporter of enterprise (pic: Terry Murden) As the driver of so many ideas and projects that would become established companies and institutions, Sir Angus Grossart, who has died aged 85, moved the Scottish business and cultural dials considerably throughout a long and productive career. A combination of foresight and a desire to […]