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Easdale says cash thrown at ferries ‘like confetti’

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Ferry late: ‘the bungled contract has become a national embarrassment’ Bus and property tycoon Sandy Easdale has accused the SNP of throwing taxpayers’ cash around like ‘confetti’ in the ongoingRead More

Firms fear costs

Doubts spread over SNP’s Amazon tax plan

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A digital sales tax has been proposed Business leaders fear SNP plans to introduce an online sales tax would be another blow to recovery hopes and may force some firmsRead More

As jobs promised...

Sir Keir unable to mask slide in poll ratings

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Sir Keir Starmer wearing a mask gifted by Duke of Edinburgh Awards participants in Edinburgh ( pic: Terry Murden) Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was in Edinburgh on Friday toRead More

IFS raises questions

Sturgeon manifesto plan ‘a difficult circle to square’

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Manifesto plan: Nicola Sturgeon confident in plans Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to splash billions of extra spending on the NHS while freezing income tax rates would be a “difficult circle toRead More

Covid latest

Pub owners say Covid rules ‘make no sense’

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Hospitality remains closed until the end of the month, despite pleas for an earlier opening Hospitality groups were again left frustrated by a lack of clarity and any concessions followingRead More

Sunak quizzed

Chancellor called to explain Greensill loan access

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Rishi Sunak has been called to face parliament Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been asked to explain to parliament why he granted Greensill Capital access to a COVID loan scheme afterRead More

Call for inquiry

Ewing caught in eye of Greensill storm

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Fergus Ewing and Sanjeev Gupta An SNP minister’s unrecorded dinner with financier Lex Greensill and the steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has prompted calls for an investigation into whether he brokeRead More

Spending boost

Labour backs £75 voucher scheme to boost shops

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Shops would welcome a voucher scheme Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar today unveiled plans for a shopping voucher scheme for every adult in Scotland, claiming it would be the largestRead More

Letter 'to Scotland'

27 business leaders back Hunter report on economy

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Sir Tom Hunter: called for change A group of business leaders have backed a report commissioned by entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter calling for a rethink of economic policy in Scotland.Read More

Business costs

Property tax should focus on land owners says Rennie

Willie Rennie
Willie Rennie: wants a change to business rates (pic: Terry Murden) Switching the focus of property tax from the occupier to the owner would help tackle the burden of whatRead More