Restrictions are being eased, so is it time for us to get physical, asks RUSSELL DALGLEISH So much has changed since I attended my last major event, the Civtech demo day at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in March last year. It was attended by hundreds of delegates and was one of an almost daily […]
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Targeted PR is a vital route to the US market
The media can open up the US market (pic: Nik Shuliahin) Raising your profile in the US means planning your media campaign, says Michael McCuish As Bill Gates famously said “If I was down to my last dollar, I would spend it on PR”. It is hard to underestimate how important a targeted and effect media relations programme […]
Rebuilding the economy should start from ground level
Supporting our trade networks will help accelerate the recovery, argues IAN HOUSTON Economies around the world have suffered deep wounds from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and as the recovery begins to take hold it is essential that Scotland and the UK accelerate growth by investing even further in building trade capacity. The inclination […]
G7 tax deal could signal more one-world agreements
The G7 finance ministers’ agreement may not be perfect but it bodes well for global collaboration, writes RUSSELL DALGLEISH As anticipated the G7 Finance Ministers duly agreed upon a minimum corporation tax of 15% for large multinationals. It was not the 21% initially suggested by the Biden administration and it is, of course, a rate […]
Celtic Diaspora conference unites Scotland’s ‘lost actors’
A global gathering of Scots around the world aims to share ideas, says CHRISTINE ESSON In September 2007 I sat in the records room at Ellis Island New York and was able to trace the 100-year-old ships manifest for my great uncle who set sail from Glasgow, via Liverpool, to start a new life in […]