Business 7 - Tag - brian ashcroft http://www.business7.co.uk/ Latest business news, features, comment and great advice to manage your business. Updates on Scottish business, UK business and news from around the world. en-gb Business 7 no Latest business news, features, comment and great advice to manage your business. Updates on Scottish business, UK business and news from around the world. business news, manage your business, Scottish business, UK business http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2008/03/14/comment-saving-scotch-from-tax-abuse-97298-20350459/ comment: Saving Scotch from tax abuse Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2008/03/14/comment-saving-scotch-from-tax-abuse-97298-20350459/ As I put down the recent British Medical Association report on Alcohol Misuse, the half-drunk glass of red wine that sits on the desk in front of me - it's after 9pm, so give me a break! - looks a lot less appetising than it did before I started reading. http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2008/02/15/public-spending-must-top-agenda-97298-20319839/ Public spending must top agenda Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2008/02/15/public-spending-must-top-agenda-97298-20319839/ The Scottish Parliament has approved the Budget and the SNP Government has reaffirmed its commitment to raising Scotland's rate of economic growth. But there was no discussion of whether the scale of public spending in Scotland is damaging our economic growth. http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2008/01/11/can-we-solve-big-start-up-mystery-97298-20281274/ Can we solve big start-up mystery? Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2008/01/11/can-we-solve-big-start-up-mystery-97298-20281274/ Jonathan Levie, the author of the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Scotland report from Strathclyde University's Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, has recorded a podcast outlining the report's key findings. http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2007/12/14/hope-despite-gloomy-outlook-97298-20248512/ Hope despite gloomy outlook Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2007/12/14/hope-despite-gloomy-outlook-97298-20248512/ comment http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2007/11/16/growth-is-king-in-new-snp-vision-97298-20115247/ Growth is king in new SNP vision Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2007/11/16/growth-is-king-in-new-snp-vision-97298-20115247/ comment http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2007/10/19/time-to-question-kelvin-s-tv-rant-97298-19975469/ Time to question Kelvin's TV rant Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/business-view-comment/2007/10/19/time-to-question-kelvin-s-tv-rant-97298-19975469/ "Scotland believes not in entrepreneurialism, like in London and the southeast. ...The reality is that the Scots enjoy spending it; they do not enjoy creating it, which is the opposite of down in the South."