AS I SEE IT: Nicola Sturgeon is promising a better ScotRail. So, how is she going to pay for it, asks TERRY MURDEN A new era, or maybe that should be a ‘return to an old era’, beckons for Scotland’s railways as the trains revert to public ownership for the first time in 25 years. […]
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After the ferries, more taxing issues for Forbes
AS I SEE IT: The Finance Secretary is running out of excuses, says TERRY MURDEN Kate Forbes must be wishing her maternity leave had kicked in more quickly. This is a week that can’t end soon enough for Scotland’s Finance Secretary. After suffering a mauling over her government’s mishandling of the Clyde ferries contract she […]
Tougher response needed to anti-motorist policies
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says demonising motorists is not the right way to manage the economy or net zero ambitions It looks like there will be another showdown between businesses and those who govern us over the latest plans to impose charges on those who park in the office or factory car park. […]
After the fall, Omega believes it will rise again
AS I SEE IT: Investors may be too hasty in writing off the health tech firm’s prospects, says TERRY MURDEN Just a year ago Omega Diagnostics was deemed a rising star of the Scottish health technology sector, its shares soaring from penny stock to more than 100p. Last week they plummeted back to earth, selling […]
Going green was never meant to cost us the earth
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says the SNP and Tory governments share a growing dilemma over their green policies There are few issues that unite the SNP and the Conservatives, but the green dreams they shared just a few weeks ago at the climate summit are steadily falling apart as they both come to […]