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The Big Interview

Business & Economy

Sir Tom Hunter says Scotland must look to Singapore as an economic model for a successful small nation.
Business & Economy
Sir Tom Hunter slings Singapore challenge 
Kenny Kemp, May 18, 2025  
When Sir Tom Hunter delivers a stern message to Scotland – it is up to our policymakers to sit up and listen very carefully. You can sense his rising ire...
PFI to be pegged back as Scottish Futures Trust seeks fresh funding means 
Kenny Kemp, May 11, 2025 3 min read  
Law firms Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie and Davidson Chalmers Stewart complete merger 
Kenny Kemp, May 1, 2025 1 min read  
WeDO Scotland winners 2025: (Back row) Forbes Connor, Gordon Wilson, Ryan Smith, Peter Proud and Ewan Anderson. (Front row) Caitlin Barrett, Belinda Roberts, Leigh Mellis, and Marie Owen. Picture courtesy: WeDO Scotland
Business & Economy
Carbon Finance creator picks up lifetime award at glittering WeDo event 
Kenny Kemp, May 16, 2025  
Gordon Wilson, founder of Carbon Financial Partners, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 WeDO Scotland Awards, recognising more than two decades of leadership in the UK’s...
GB Energy delivers surge to office market 
Derren McRae, May 6, 2025 2 min read  
Dynamic dozen are finalists for the top WeDO awards 
Kenny Kemp, April 30, 2025 2 min read  
Sir Tom Hunter says Scotland must look to Singapore as an economic model for a successful small nation.
Business & Economy
Sir Tom Hunter slings Singapore challenge 
Kenny Kemp, May 18, 2025  
When Sir Tom Hunter delivers a stern message to Scotland – it is up to our policymakers to sit up and listen very carefully. You can sense his rising ire...
PFI to be pegged back as Scottish Futures Trust seeks fresh funding means 
Kenny Kemp, May 11, 2025 3 min read  
Law firms Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie and Davidson Chalmers Stewart complete merger 
Kenny Kemp, May 1, 2025 1 min read  
WeDO Scotland winners 2025: (Back row) Forbes Connor, Gordon Wilson, Ryan Smith, Peter Proud and Ewan Anderson. (Front row) Caitlin Barrett, Belinda Roberts, Leigh Mellis, and Marie Owen. Picture courtesy: WeDO Scotland
Business & Economy
Carbon Finance creator picks up lifetime award at glittering WeDo event 
Kenny Kemp, May 16, 2025  
Gordon Wilson, founder of Carbon Financial Partners, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 WeDO Scotland Awards, recognising more than two decades of leadership in the UK’s...
GB Energy delivers surge to office market 
Derren McRae, May 6, 2025 2 min read  
Dynamic dozen are finalists for the top WeDO awards 
Kenny Kemp, April 30, 2025 2 min read  
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Deals & Dealmakers

Deals & Dealmakers
Net zero finance faces fierce competition for global capital 
Kenny Kemp, April 24, 2025  
While Scotland’s onshore wind capacity needs to double every year for the next few years, we need to treble offshore wind investment, says Jimmy Williamson, a Director of Net Zero...
Scotland needs to build over 25,000 homes a year to up its game 
Kenny Kemp, April 24, 2025 6 min read  
Scotland’s deals and dealmakers of 2024 under the microscope 
Perry Gourley, April 21, 2025 7 min read  
miracle of globalisation
Business & Economy
Miracle of globalisation sowed seeds of today’s income challenges, says financier 
Hamish Miller, April 24, 2025  
Scottish financier and former global capital markets specialist Angus Macpherson — speaking in a personal capacity — delivered an eloquent introduction and explanation which calmed nerves despite the turmoil in...
Scotland ‘must do better’ at maintaining existing building stock, says SFT chief 
Kenny Kemp, April 24, 2025 5 min read  
Economic growth? Definitely. But not at any cost to our planet 
Kenny Kemp, December 11, 2024 5 min read  
Deals & Dealmakers
Net zero finance faces fierce competition for global capital 
Kenny Kemp, April 24, 2025  
While Scotland’s onshore wind capacity needs to double every year for the next few years, we need to treble offshore wind investment, says Jimmy Williamson, a Director of Net Zero...
Scotland needs to build over 25,000 homes a year to up its game 
Kenny Kemp, April 24, 2025 6 min read  
Scotland’s deals and dealmakers of 2024 under the microscope 
Perry Gourley, April 21, 2025 7 min read  
miracle of globalisation
Business & Economy
Miracle of globalisation sowed seeds of today’s income challenges, says financier 
Hamish Miller, April 24, 2025  
Scottish financier and former global capital markets specialist Angus Macpherson — speaking in a personal capacity — delivered an eloquent introduction and explanation which calmed nerves despite the turmoil in...
Scotland ‘must do better’ at maintaining existing building stock, says SFT chief 
Kenny Kemp, April 24, 2025 5 min read  
Economic growth? Definitely. But not at any cost to our planet 
Kenny Kemp, December 11, 2024 5 min read  
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Legal

Legal
Legal Review 2024: Law Society of Scotland lends strong voice on fundamental values 
Colin Cardwell, May 6, 2025  
This year was a landmark for the Law Society of Scotland, which celebrated its 75th anniversary as the professional governing body for Scottish solicitors.  Both the profession and the society...
Law firms Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie and Davidson Chalmers Stewart complete merger 
Kenny Kemp, May 1, 2025 1 min read  
Women in Scotland’s Legal World: 25 Names to Watch in 2025 
Alison Moffat, December 15, 2024 10 min read  
Legal
Challenge of navigating new IHT landscape 
Keith McLaren, & Justine McClusksey, May 6, 2025  
We might have expected that five months, one consultation document and thousands of tractors driven through London later, the dust might have started to settle. The challenge of navigating new...
Smaller M&A deals now in scope of UK merger control rules 
Charles Livingstone, April 21, 2025 2 min read  
Legal
Legal Review 2024: Law Society of Scotland lends strong voice on fundamental values 
Colin Cardwell, May 6, 2025  
This year was a landmark for the Law Society of Scotland, which celebrated its 75th anniversary as the professional governing body for Scottish solicitors.  Both the profession and the society...
Law firms Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie and Davidson Chalmers Stewart complete merger 
Kenny Kemp, May 1, 2025 1 min read  
Women in Scotland’s Legal World: 25 Names to Watch in 2025 
Alison Moffat, December 15, 2024 10 min read  
Legal
Challenge of navigating new IHT landscape 
Keith McLaren, & Justine McClusksey, May 6, 2025  
We might have expected that five months, one consultation document and thousands of tractors driven through London later, the dust might have started to settle. The challenge of navigating new...
Smaller M&A deals now in scope of UK merger control rules 
Charles Livingstone, April 21, 2025 2 min read  
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Energy & Sustainability

Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, with Peter Reekie, chief executive of the Scottish Futures Trust
Accountancy and Finance
PFI to be pegged back as Scottish Futures Trust seeks fresh funding means 
Kenny Kemp, May 11, 2025  
The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has been tasked with finding fresh approaches to funding major projects as 19 controversial Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) projects run their course. The Scottish Government’s...
GB Energy delivers surge to office market 
Derren McRae, May 6, 2025 2 min read  
Concern grows over who foots the bill for green energy transition 
Kenny Kemp, May 6, 2025 4 min read  
Co-location of technologies
Energy & Sustainability
Co-location of technologies: a new, sophisticated approach to sites 
Amy McDowell, May 9, 2025  
There has been a change in the way current and potential development sites are viewed with the co-location of technologies in the renewable energy sphere. The progression has been from...
Renewables driving huge benefits 
Jonathan Kirkwood & Caroline Colliston, DWF, May 6, 2025 2 min read  
Decarbonisation: one step forward, two steps back. How to make change? 
Clare Foster, May 6, 2025 4 min read  
Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, with Peter Reekie, chief executive of the Scottish Futures Trust
Accountancy and Finance
PFI to be pegged back as Scottish Futures Trust seeks fresh funding means 
Kenny Kemp, May 11, 2025  
The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has been tasked with finding fresh approaches to funding major projects as 19 controversial Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) projects run their course. The Scottish Government’s...
GB Energy delivers surge to office market 
Derren McRae, May 6, 2025 2 min read  
Concern grows over who foots the bill for green energy transition 
Kenny Kemp, May 6, 2025 4 min read  
Co-location of technologies
Energy & Sustainability
Co-location of technologies: a new, sophisticated approach to sites 
Amy McDowell, May 9, 2025  
There has been a change in the way current and potential development sites are viewed with the co-location of technologies in the renewable energy sphere. The progression has been from...
Renewables driving huge benefits 
Jonathan Kirkwood & Caroline Colliston, DWF, May 6, 2025 2 min read  
Decarbonisation: one step forward, two steps back. How to make change? 
Clare Foster, May 6, 2025 4 min read  
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Wealth management

Legal
Challenge of navigating new IHT landscape 
Keith McLaren, & Justine McClusksey, May 6, 2025  
We might have expected that five months, one consultation document and thousands of tractors driven through London later, the dust might have started to settle. The challenge of navigating new...
Smaller M&A deals now in scope of UK merger control rules 
Charles Livingstone, April 21, 2025 2 min read  
Inheritance tax changes leave sour taste for family firms 
Graham Lironi, April 15, 2025 6 min read  
Reeves puts HMRC on track
Wealth Management
Reeves puts HMRC on track for record inheritance tax haul 
Kenny Kemp, April 21, 2025  
While Chancellor Rachel Reeves didn’t deliver any more tax-rising shocks in her Spring statement, it does not mean she has let higher earners with property assets off the hook. Reeves...
Strange case of shooting UK’s investment story in the foot 
Anthony Harrington, April 15, 2025 6 min read  
Legal Review 2024: Inheritance tax makeover in 2025  
Mark Stewart and Tom Boulton-Jones, December 11, 2024 2 min read  
Legal
Challenge of navigating new IHT landscape 
Keith McLaren, & Justine McClusksey, May 6, 2025  
We might have expected that five months, one consultation document and thousands of tractors driven through London later, the dust might have started to settle. The challenge of navigating new...
Smaller M&A deals now in scope of UK merger control rules 
Charles Livingstone, April 21, 2025 2 min read  
Inheritance tax changes leave sour taste for family firms 
Graham Lironi, April 15, 2025 6 min read  
Reeves puts HMRC on track
Wealth Management
Reeves puts HMRC on track for record inheritance tax haul 
Kenny Kemp, April 21, 2025  
While Chancellor Rachel Reeves didn’t deliver any more tax-rising shocks in her Spring statement, it does not mean she has let higher earners with property assets off the hook. Reeves...
Strange case of shooting UK’s investment story in the foot 
Anthony Harrington, April 15, 2025 6 min read  
Legal Review 2024: Inheritance tax makeover in 2025  
Mark Stewart and Tom Boulton-Jones, December 11, 2024 2 min read  
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Rural Food & Drink

Legal
Legal Review 2024: Food for thought for hospitality industry under pressure 
Kenny Kemp, December 9, 2024  
In many respects Scotland’s hospitality industry defines us a nation. We cannot escape from the fact that visitors and our own citizens enjoy what we do best. A warm welcome,...
Food and drink deals still looking pretty tasty 
Kenny Kemp, October 3, 2024 3 min read  
Charting a course for prosperity 
Graham Lironi, April 10, 2024 6 min read  
Highlands and Islands
A feast of ideas for that early getaway in 2025 
Fiona Laing, December 9, 2024  
How many of us promised to be more organised in 2024? With the season of gift giving in full swing, it is inevitable some of us will be wishing we’d...
‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make farming work for all’ 
Graham Lironi, June 23, 2024 4 min read  
Iain Baxter: Scotland’s Food and Drink supremo. Plenty to get his teeth into 
Kenny Kemp, June 22, 2023 9 min read  
Legal
Legal Review 2024: Food for thought for hospitality industry under pressure 
Kenny Kemp, December 9, 2024  
In many respects Scotland’s hospitality industry defines us a nation. We cannot escape from the fact that visitors and our own citizens enjoy what we do best. A warm welcome,...
Food and drink deals still looking pretty tasty 
Kenny Kemp, October 3, 2024 3 min read  
Charting a course for prosperity 
Graham Lironi, April 10, 2024 6 min read  
Highlands and Islands
A feast of ideas for that early getaway in 2025 
Fiona Laing, December 9, 2024  
How many of us promised to be more organised in 2024? With the season of gift giving in full swing, it is inevitable some of us will be wishing we’d...
‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make farming work for all’ 
Graham Lironi, June 23, 2024 4 min read  
Iain Baxter: Scotland’s Food and Drink supremo. Plenty to get his teeth into 
Kenny Kemp, June 22, 2023 9 min read  
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