Business Opinion

  • Herald View
    18 June 2013

    IF, so the idiom goes, it is impossible to be just a little bit pregnant – you either are or you are not – can an organisation be partly mutual?

  • New twist in pub case Artistic moods
    16 June 2013

    In the long-running case of Wetherspoons v Stirling's community councils over the pub group's wish to develop a major new premises in the city centre, all eyes now turn to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, to whom the matter has been referred.

  • Herald View: 2014 growth forecast lowered
    13 June 2013

    STRATHCLYDE University's Fraser of Allander Institute has declared clear signs of a recovery are now emerging within the Scottish economy.

  • Herald View
    12 June 2013

    As a company AG Barr is not afraid of using a certain type of cheeky Scottish humour to make its marketing campaigns stand out.

  • Plan to talk up a can-do profession Trouble with 'the trouble with' is -
    9 June 2013

    To the Heads of Planning Conference in Paisley, where Scotland's planning elite swaps notes about the progress of Scotland's planning reform process, and hear from "critical friends", including the domestic and commercial housing industry representatives, and – thanks for the opportunity!

  • Herald View
    6 June 2013

    AS a Liverpool fan, Philip Clarke is unlikely to seek companionship with ex-Everton boss David Moyes but there is much they could discuss.

  • Herald View
    5 June 2013

    CHANCELLOR George Osborne has been among those to claim that inward investment in Scotland has been under threat as a result of uncertainty ahead of next year's vote on independence.

  • Follow the Money: what does the future hold for Scotland's high streets?
    30 May 2013

    You've got to feel sorry for shopkeepers. No sooner are they blessed with a little sunshine to finally draw more customers to the high streets than they get thwacked by a weighty report predicting their imminent demise.

  • Herald View
    30 May 2013

    Spotting an opportunity is a different skill from capitalising on it, as many athletes who have won silver medals may attest.

  • Herald View
    29 May 2013

    WHILE AG Barr chief Roger White is making the right noises about securing a tie-up with Britvic there are still significant hurdles to a deal being completed.

  • Radical idea to win votes Efficient model
    26 May 2013

    Little noticed in the Scottish Government's booklet on the economic advantages of independence was a tantalising reference to enforced worker representation on company boards, certainly a radical suggestion in current UK terms.

  • Herald View
    25 May 2013

    THE spin was that Co-operative Bank's decision to pull out of new business lending was a return to its traditional focus on retail customers.

  • Is there any way back for FirstGroup?
    22 May 2013

    Ugly times at FirstGroup, which announced earlier this week that it needed to raise £615m by issuing new shares to avoid losing its all-important investment-grade credit rating.

  • Herald View
    22 May 2013

    RETAILERS tend to think about Christmas months before the rest of us.

  • Herald View
    21 May 2013

    THERE is some debate about whether Baroness Thatcher ever said that a man who, beyond the age of 26 finds himself on a bus, can count himself as a failure.

  • How seeds scheme is helping firms to blossom
    16 May 2013

    Given their existing size, scope and capacity for future growth, technology and life sciences are rightly two of the key focus sectors within the Scottish economy.

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