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Stuart Patrick, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Chief Exec-JS In the search for an economic road map out of the Covid-19 crisis, the Scottish Budget offered some initial jigsaw pieces, but we were always going to have to await the Chancellor’s statement in March for the fuller financial picture on business support. The Prime Minister is due to give an update later this month on his wider gradual re-opening intentions and, of course, we will only know the Scottish road map’s outlines when th...

Garden centres giant Dobbies has linked up with surplus food app Too Good To Go in a bid to combat food waste across its stores.  Too Good To Go lets people buy surplus food and drink from restaurants, grocery stores, pubs and producers to stop it from going to waste. Consumers download an app and search for nearby businesses with unsold produce. They then purchase and collect it at an allotted time. Archie Stewart, head of food at Dobbies, said: “Our partnership with Too Good To Go...

Stuart Patrick, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Chief Exec-JS There was a moment last week when I could sense that the resilience of many in the business community was faltering. Announcements from government that there would be no early respite from pandemic lockdowns was not especially surprising given the appalling case and fatality statistics. The additional blow however was the reluctance of either government to even offer hope of relief. Leaked comments by National Clinical Director Jas...

STARK figures reveal the “devastating” impact of Covid-19 on Glasgow’s events industry.

Miller has unveiled a 71-home development at new community in Perthshire.

The company behind the major redevelopment of a Glasgow landmark has expressed hopes its £100 million project will attract technology companies,…

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AS the Bells chimed on the 31st, a Brexit trade deal that had barged its way through Westminster with some jingoistic bluster and very little else…

AS we finally reach the end of this ghastly year, it is natural to search for signs that 2021 will be healthier, happier and more economically prosperous than the months of misery we have had to endure since coronavirus began to dominate our daily reality. The roll-out of vaccines offers the brightest hope of a return to normality, and there was huge news on this front yesterday, when the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab was given the green light for use by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Re...

Stuart Patrick, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Chief Exec-JS In this truly horrible year it is perhaps unsurprising that a new virus variant should appear just in time for Christmas, once more throwing government and business into turmoil. If consumer facing businesses are to endure several more weeks of lockdown then we must continue to call for government to increase financial support, anticipating that the rolling out of vaccines will finally bring both medical and economic relief. The da...