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 […]
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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
Scottish Agenda: How about Fred the Shred to take the reins at SE?
I was all set to write this column on the shocking dearth of opportunities facing Scotland’s current crop of graduates.
Passing on the secret of Irn-Bru
AG Barr’s outgoing chairman Robin Barr isn’t worried that the recession will dent sales of the company’s iconic drink Robin
The extraordinary lapses that caused HBOS’s collapse
Introductory note: An edited version of this article was published on the BBC News website under headline Why did HBOS
Why did HBOS make risky loans?
A BBC News investigation has uncovered reckless lending at HBOS Corporate and some irregular loans at its ‘high risk’ unit
The stonewalling and crocodile tears over HBOS Reading must stop. Time for Lloyds to provide some answers
Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Eric Daniels may not have known precisely what he was buying with HBOS. But, given
Scottish Agenda: Archie Kane can’t croon away the unpalatable truth
In a Val Doonican-esque session, Archie Kane, Lloyds Banking Group’s most senior director north of the border, recently stressed that
Scottish Agenda: Green shoots of recovery or yellow weeds?
It is less that a month since it was confirmed that Scotland plunged into recession in the second half of
Don’t rule out all the risk, says Charlie McCreevy
European commissioner for internal market and services gives Reform Scotland spring lecture at Edinburgh Business School Charlie McCreevy, the European
This crisis will change capitalism forever
Since last year’s banking and financial crisis regulation is being seen in a much more positive light. Indeed among more
Scottish Agenda: Mandelson waters green seedlings of hope
Where the global economy is concerned, Lord Mandelson is an unreconstructed optimist. On a flying visit to Auld Reekie last