Improving economic output means putting the correct mechanism in place to deliver it, writes JOE PACITTI Over lunch with an old chum and former colleague, the conversation turned to the somewhat fractious political and business landscape and how great things tend to happen when synergy and shared views are harnessed for the wider good. We […]
productivity
A lack of power leaves growth in slow lane
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says the new FM will face the same obstacles to growing the economy until the system is changed Scotland’s business representatives are calling, predictably, for the next First Minister to make economic growth and productivity their number one priority. They will probably be disappointed. SNP ministers have never been […]

