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
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,
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