AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN Sovereignty is no panacea for economic success. Just ask the Germans A growing energy crisis, falling business morale, a country struggling with skills shortages and flirting with recession. Surely more ammunition for the SNP to use against the UK government? Well, no. This is Germany, the biggest economy in […]
Scottish economy
New economy must be built on a level playing field
AS I SEE IT: Politicians should avoid creating the damaging divisions of the past, argues TERRY MURDEN The debate over the shape of economic renewal in Scotland and rest of the UK inevitably leans towards investment in green energy, broadband, financial technology, data analytics and coding. These will be the pillars of the fourth industrial […]
Scotland’s Google-sized problem
AS I SEE IT: Terry Murden says worrying trends in Scotland’s economy are being overlooked in an election campaign dominated by one issue The election campaign is more or less running according to tradition. Lots of promises on health, crime – even more trees – and with the SNP a dead-cert to be the biggest […]