How Scotland can get ahead
Economists and business lobby groups have traditionally had a love-hate relationship with Scotland’s bloated public sector. Most of the time, […]
April 2009
Scottish Agenda: Scotland’s got talent — but can we retain it?
Many of our native economists have a tendency to be insular. They often obsess about minor changes in the performance
HBOS dangerously ‘out of control’ under James Crosby
THE impression that Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) was dangerously out of control under former chief executive Sir James Crosby
UBS: Dubai property crash only in early stages
THE slide in Dubai’s residential property market has only just begun and any investor considering investing in in bricks and
Lawyers ponder the future as knife is wielded
Inside track on lawyers: Firms with a balanced portfolio will feel less pain when redundancy looms Scotland is often described
Scottish Agenda: Salmond goes green in nuclear energy row
Ed Miliband desperately wants to persuade Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond, to learn to stop worrying and love the .
‘We’re missing the boat on the North Sea’
North Sea guru warns recession may devastate the industry Crisis is not a word that trips lightly off Sir Ian
Lothian pension lawsuit to go ahead
Lothian pension fund has been given permission by a US judge to continue its securities fraud case against Vodafone, the
John Swinney slams PFI legacy
John Swinney, Scotland’s finance minister, has warned that the cost of servicing private finance initiative (PFI) contracts will severely dent
Goldman Sachs boss defends ‘fair value’ accounting
The US authorities on 2 April decided to suspend fair value or “mark-to-market” accounting — whereby banks and other financial
Council pension fund suffers from exposure to RBS
Strathclyde pension fund’s deficit soars to £2.3bn due to exposure to toxic banks Strathclyde pension fund’s deficit has ballooned to
Salmond demands Dunfermline Building Society review
The Scottish government has demanded that the Treasury gives a value-for-money assessment of its decision to break up Dunfermline building
Are “Big Four” accountants a waste of space?
From the evidence submitted to the Treasury Select Committee’s inquiry into the banking crisis, one might conclude that the profession