Ready for action: Carol Campbell, Liz Dee, Rebecca Hook Caroline McLean, Katie Kerr and Laura Cooper gather Women’s football has taken on a much higher profile thanks to the World Cup and now females in the business world want a piece of the action. Street Soccer Scotland, the social enterprise, will be host its first […]
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Brexit warnings give us food for thought
As I See It: Terry Murden The papers and airwaves have been full of dire warnings of food shortages if we don’t get a deal with the EU. Supplies will be hit, supermarket shelves will be stripped bare and prices will rise. Or so we’re told. Before anyone starts panic buying, a TV series tackling […]
Be ready for changes in the way workers are taxed
Rules determining whether or not someone is an employee are changing, as Karen Harvie explains Over 200 years after income tax was first introduced in Britain, the UK arguably possesses one of the most complex tax systems in the world. In fact, as one reasonably well known quote points out: Today, it takes more brains […]
Let’s stop pretending RBS isn’t already a London-based bank
As I See It: Terry Murden Ross McEwan, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has been pontificating on the future of the bank after he departs for a new job in Australia, warning that it would be forced to relocate its head office in the event of Scottish independence. It was enough to prompt […]
Be patient and your step into investment will see a leap in returns
On the Money: Alan Steel Nineteen Sixty Nine was some year for optimists. And if you were a pessimist you weren’t missed out either. On the bright side there was the first man on the moon. Before that was Woodstock, the first big free Rock festival. Concorde had its first test flight. And exactly 50 […]