Legal Review 2024: Devils, advocates and the ongoing fight to defend the rule of law
Asked about the issues currently exercising the minds of the legal profession, Roddy Dunlop, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, does not have to think long. “The unprecedented weight of…
How the nation is planning to tax and spend: Scotland’s budget for 2025- 2026 in brief
A quick look at the Scottish budget delivered by Shona Robison, the finance secretary, on 4th December 2024 The actual windfall from Scotland’s offshore wind bonanza – worth…
Forth Ports appoint a new financial chief
Stuart MacGregor – the former head of North-East construction company Stewart Milne – has been appointed chief financial officer of Forth Ports Ld. He also joins the port group’s main…
Food and drink deals still looking pretty tasty
Drinks companies, food service companies and makers of fine chocolate and even tofu have all been munched up in a flurry of M&A activity in the summer of 2024. The…
Ellis joins Lawson at helm of Burness Paull
New managing partner to ‘build on success’ and engage with AI future Law firm Burness Paull has appointed Mark Ellis as its managing partner, working alongside Peter Lawson who will…
Hotel that’s redefining luxury in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town
Following a £10 million refurbishment, the former Holyrood Hotel has relaunched as the Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood, redefining luxury in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. Rebranded in February 2024, this stunning…
Reason to rejoice – but an existential threat remains
From a symbolic perspective, GB Energy being headquartered in Aberdeen will instil confidence in the region’s energy industry. The Granite City has unrivalled energy expertise with an abundance of highly…
Office politics come into play in workplace transformation
There is an overwhelming consensus that the workplace – and hence our cities – have no alternative but to confront the ‘new normal.’ What exactly that might be is much…
Worker health is key to unlocking greater economic prosperity
At Prosper, our purpose has been to bring people together around the big challenges facing Scotland’s economy to consider the roles that business, government and civic society can each play…
Reforming retail leases: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?
The idea of ‘unintended consequences’ is used to explain outcomes of an action that are not foreseen. And that is the likely result of a proposed change in law relating…
