Scottish Agenda: Highlands will sink further if road plan axed
The Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser has been loudly banging the drum for the government to push ahead […]
June 2009
Eco start-up defies the credit crunch
A Scottish start-up founded at the height of the credit crunch has grown to employing 18 people, with sites in
Actuaries do battle over merger plan
Claims of unfair dealing have been made by a rebel actuarial group over plans to merge the Scottish and English
Tough CO₂ target ‘gives Scotland the edge’
The climate change bill will boost many industries but not everyone is as happy as Arnold Schwarzenner, writes Ian Fraser
Scottish Agenda: As patients rally, lifestyle changes are required
Sir John Gieve on moral hazard Last autumn, it was clear that something had to be done. After years of
Scotland ‘must embrace aerospace and defence’
Selex Galileo SVP Norman Bone urges Scottish Enterprise to recognise economic potential of defence and aerospace sector Norman Bone, senior
Scottish Agenda: “Who you know” is paying off for Sir George
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know that makes all the difference in the discombobulated world of post-crash
Fears for Kilmartin as Lloyds cracks down on debt
Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a radical restructuring of one of Scotland’s largest property developers, Kilmartin Holdings, amid fears that
SWIP looks safe as merger with London rival is dropped
Swip flies again after Lloyds scraps Insight merger plan The Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) has been given a reprieve
Scottish Agenda: SPL would be foolish to put boot into Setanta
Scottish football managed to survive — just about — before the subscription broadcaster Setanta Sports first crossed the Irish Sea
Coastal grid “needs cash injection”
Offshore energy projects around Scotland’s coast risk being strangled at birth unless the Scottish and UK governments invest £2.5 billion