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There was anger in the House of Commons as the SNPs Westminster leader Ian Blackford described the post-Brexit trade deal as a "con" for fishermen. Mr Blackford told the House: "I am just wondering how on earth the Prime Minister can talk about taking back control of waters when Scottish fisherman are going to have less access and less fish to catch as a consequence of his con deal?" Boris Johnson replied: "I must correct (Mr Blackford) in what he says because in fact, under this deal, ...

NICOLA Sturgeon must recognise there has been a significant deterioration in the relationship between the Scottish Government and the business community since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and address this, the chief executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has declared. Stuart Patrick said: “I think the Scottish Government has a challenge in that a lot of the business community are concerned the Scottish Government doesn’t trust the business community. That attitude is reachin...

Menu   Glasgow Chamber chief Stuart Patrick: Return to health crisis of past decades would be ‘horrendous’ for city Exclusive Stuart Patrick cited the ‘chronic public health crisis that came out of an economic crisis in the eighties and nineties’ Picture: Kirsty Anderson THE idea of Glasgow returning to a public health crisis like the one caused by the economic troubles of the 1980s and 1990s is “horrendous”, a business leader has warned amid the fall-out ...

Alison McRae Well, it has been an unprecedented year – an expression none of us knew would be so heavily used as we started 2020. It has also been a year of new words with Covid-19, furlough, pivot, lockdown, Nightingale hospitals, social distancing and bubbles – the latter with a whole new meaning – all being peppered throughout everyday language. We’ve also experienced a new virtual work life with so many of us working from home. ‘You’re on mute’ has become a regular lin...

The Leader Newspaper Lack of a coronavirus testing strategy in Scotland By Andrew Atkinson AGS Airports, Edinburgh Airport and Airlines UK, the industry association representing UK-registered airlines, warned Scottish aviation is being left behind, due to the lack of a coronavirus testing strategy. They called on the Scottish Government to make urgent progress on the introduction of an effective testing regime that will enable the safe restart of aviation and protect thousands o...

The Montford Bar & Kitchen on Curtis Avenue, Kings Park. BUSINESSES in Glasgow are feeling the pinch this festive season, with some pubs and restaurants taking the difficult decision to keep their close their doors. The Montford Bar & Kitchen announced their plans to remain closed after Glasgow was moved to level three restrictions, which allow for hospitality venues to open, but prohibit the sale of alcohol. David Wren, business partner at the King’s Park venue, said: “We took the de...

SCOTLAND’S embattled aviation sector has received a boost after easyJet unveiled plans to introduce a new daily flight between Aberdeen International Airport and London Gatwick from next summer. The budget airline has also rescheduled the launch of a summer route from Glasgow Airport to Pula in Croatia, which had been planned for this year but was postponed as a result of the pandemic. EasyJet’s faith in the future comes at a time when there has been much retrenchment in the industry....

By Stuart Patrick If the Scottish Government wants to understand why its relationship with business is less warm than it would like, it should take heed of Marco Giannasi, owner of Glasgow southside restaurant Battlefield Rest. “We are penguins in the zoo," he said in an interview with The Herald following the First Minister’s announcement last week of the outcome of the latest review of Scotland’s tiering system. The lifting of Level 4 restrictions in Scotland on Friday past will...

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>> good to see you again. id like to get back to nato enlargement both in the north as well as the south. first of all, in the north sweden and finland have not asked to join, but theyve really become almost allies in any sense of the word, we took part in the combat missions. in libya theyre doing baltic air policing, swedes and finns are going to as i understand it, well, at any rate cooperating very closely. would you say a few words about cooperation? the second more important ques...