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. […]
May 2009
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
Airdrie to get new heat and power plant
A combined heat and power plant capable of generating sufficient energy to heat 30,000 homes, and possibly also Monklands
Brewdog plans big bite of market with Aberdeen base
Brewdog has unveiled ambitious plans to boost its production tenfold with the construction of a new brewery just north of
Brewer with a lot of bottle
With frothy sales and a spiky attitude, a Scottish company is injecting fizz into a flat beer market, writes Ian
Danny MacAskill’s alternative take on Edinburgh
I’ve never seen stunt cycling quite like this before. Danny MacAskill, a 23-year-old from the Isle of Skye, has perfected
Gordon Brown’s medicine won’t solve this crisis, warns top quant Paul Wilmott
Paul Wilmott, a senior “quant” who has been warning bankers that the mathematical models they use to value their more