Co-operatives: Scotland’s £2.5 billion co-operative sector believes it is set for a period of growth after a new poll showed an increasing public desire for a fairer way of organising the economy. In its annual state of the sector report, The UK co-operative economy 2017, Co-operatives UK identifies 6,815 independent co-operatives across the UK, from […]
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Why it is more powerful to show than to tell
Copy clinic – how to improve your communications: In the annals of British electoral history, will there ever be a more ill-starred slogan than “strong and stable”? Mere days after the launch of the Tories’ ill-fated election campaign, the phrase had morphed from a snappy soundbite into a kind of linguistic water torture, each additional […]
Bad boy’s masterpieces make debut in Scotland
Art exhibition: Works by one of the ‘bad boys’ of 17th century art feature in a ground-breaking display in Scotland. The revolution in painting sparked by one of the world’s most celebrated and notorious artists is the subject of the major summer exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. Beyond Caravaggio brings a group of […]
Interview: Andrew Murphy, retailer
Mind the gap: If you want to draw an audience it never does any harm to choose your venue carefully. Harvey Nichols, the cutely named Forth Floor, posh nosh and prosecco. More than a hundred guests are there by six. It’s pretty much a captive audience for Andrew Murphy who’s got a speech to deliver […]
Finding a fortune is just another fairy story
Rab McNeil’s Week: Inspired by the latest Forbes Rich List for entertainers, my ongoing, 30-year search for an alternative career received a shot in the butt when I saw who came out as the top dudes for dough. Now, I know it’s infra-dig to do that fuddy-duddy thang, affecting to be out of touch with […]