Businesses emerged largely unscathed from a statement designed with an election in mind, says TERRY MURDEN Let’s face it, any budget is a case of ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’. It’s the mother of all financial balancing acts and every minister who delivers one wants to announce the final flourish that will […]
Shona Robison
Robison must drop the freebie fixation
The Finance Secretary has little wiggle room in this week’s budget, but she does have options, writes TERRY MURDEN With next year’s allocation of funds from the Chancellor to the Scottish government already all but spent, there is a risk for business that this week’s budget will be a bit of an anti-climax. Once pay […]