Business Opinion

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    23 February 2012

    RESEARCH into goings-on in company boardrooms by a veteran of the Scottish corporate scene may raise doubts about the validity of an assumption that has informed corporate governance reform projects in the UK for years.

  • Investors shrug off Moody's threat to ratings
    15 February 2012

    INVESTORS shrugged off the threat of a downgrade to Britain's prized triple-A credit rating yesterday, though bank stocks, particularly Royal Bank of Scotland took a knock.

  • Scotland would benefit from the extra flights a bigger Heathrow Airport would bring
    14 February 2012

    Exclusive: top economist Dr Irwin Stelzer will today deliver this keynote speech to a conference arranged by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and BAA. In it, he argues that the "connectivity crunch" suffered in London is having a major impact on the Scottish economy

  • Herald view
    14 February 2012

    THE problems which prompted the idea for the Glasgow Airport Rail Link have not disappeared since the project fell by the wayside.

  • John Phelps' portfolio
    5 February 2012

    Scottish companies were at the front of the pack last week when all four of our share portfolios rushed ahead to hit new 2012 peaks.

  • Superfast in the slow lane In memory
    5 February 2012

    When Alex Neil promised a January "action" plan for superfast broadband, he raised hopes that men in vans would be installing hi-tech fibre cabinets around the lochs and glens in a matter of months, catching up with what has happened from the Isles of Scilly to the hills of Antrim.

  • Grit the SNP must chew
    5 February 2012

    ANY fool can see the SNP proposals on independence are a long way short of what a standard grade modern studies student would think the word independence means.

  • Reading between global lines
    29 January 2012

    At first sight, Scotland's Global Connections survey into exports in 2010, released last week, shows a commendable improvement in the current climate.

  • Agenda: City slickers
    29 January 2012

    Can Scotland learn to love the financial services sector again?

  • The January transfer window
    26 January 2012

    As I write, the January transfer window is still open.