AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says the Greens’ call to abolish the monarchy is another self-inflicted wound for the economy The miserabalists, otherwise known as the Green Party, are at it again. They already want to deny us the freedom to drive wherever we choose, ban the promotion of Scotland’s drinks industry, and halt […]
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Lobby group in battle for survival
Tony Danker: stepped aside An harassment scandal at the CBI is just the latest crisis to beset the organisation, says TERRY MURDEN When Aberdeen lawyer Jennifer Young was announced last November as the new chair of the CBI Scotland she joined director Tracy Black in forming the organisations’s first female leadership. Unless a scandal currently […]
Yousaf’s oil jam | Decision time for Wood
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says the First Minister cannot rely on virtue signalling… and why it is make your mind up time for Wood Group Credit where it’s due. Humza Yousaf made a quick trip to the north east to at least register an interest with Scotland’s, and the UK’s, energy capital. After […]
Why interest rate rises don’t cut it
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN asks whether hiking the cost of borrowing is doing more harm than good After eleven consecutive monthly increases the Bank of England may be preparing to apply the brakes on its aggressive interest rate policy. Mind you, there were similar expectations until this week’s surprise upturn in inflation which […]
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 […]