The Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto is too cross, too narrow – and detached from most entrepreneurs, argues IAIN SCOTT Sir Tom Hunter the businessman and philanthropist has, through his Hunter Foundation, published a Manifesto. It is called The Entrepreneurs Manifesto. Now there is something revealing about a missing apostrophe. Entrepreneurs Manifesto. Not Entrepreneurs’. No sense of plurality, […]
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Sir Tom seeking a Singapore solution
Entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter’s hopes of turning Scotland into the Singapore of the northern hemisphere would require the mother of all transitions, writes TERRY MURDEN Sir Tom Hunter has returned to one of his favourite themes – creating a low tax economy to stimulate growth. Two years ago it was Ireland that presented the best […]
Lower tax is not the only route to growth
Will higher income taxes deter workers moving to Scotland? TERRY MURDEN argues there are other ways to stimulate growth There is more talk about the impact on the labour market of the income tax differential between Scotland and the rest of the UK, in particular its potential for deterring workers moving north of the border. […]