Category Archives: Commerce

No More Branch Office

Posted on September 26, 2012 by davidsberry

One of the good thing about unionists  is that they’re committed. And when the more thoughtful ones—of which I cheerfully admit there are many—pester you with questions, they are often questions deserving of not just an answer but a fair … Continue reading →

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Scottish Enterprise: The Problem, not the Solution

Posted on September 16, 2012 by davidsberry

Whatever kind of recession we’re in, pretty much everyone now agrees that we’re in one. What everyone does not agree on in how to get out of it. In fact, there is a significant proportion of the population—quite often those … Continue reading →

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Leader of the Free World? Baggie Not

Posted on September 15, 2012 by davidsberry

American politics is something that rarely interests Europeans, not least because of its simplistic tenets and absolute belief in itself. But as long as its 300m people constitute the biggest consumer market and source of innovation on the planet, who … Continue reading →

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Union ‘Dividend’: No’ Like the Co’

Posted on August 30, 2012 by davidsberry
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Wake Up and Smell MR BO

Posted on August 26, 2012 by davidsberry

Much though it may appear an incomprehensible circus of brassy showmanship taking place far away from our lives, the outcome of this year’s US Presidential elections matters. Since post WW2, when the US became a superpower, their political postures—from the Cuba … Continue reading →

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There’s Nothing Surer…

Posted on August 24, 2012 by davidsberry

…the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” was a line from a twenties song popular through most of the last century—probably as much for its social commentary as for its musical appeal. It should be coming back into fashion … Continue reading →

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Senior Service Needs a Junior Partner

Posted on August 22, 2012 by davidsberry

The Royal Navy has prided itself—and not without reason—in having a proud and distinguished tradition, longer even than the British Army. To that end, it continues to have and develop state-of-the-art equipment that will allow it to do its job … Continue reading →

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England’s Not Foreign to Me

Posted on August 8, 2012 by davidsberry

Peter Jones is not a man with whom I would normally choose to cross verbal swords. Freelance journalist more recently for the Hootsmon but previously regular contributor to weighty pieces in the Times and Economist, he knows his stuff but—more … Continue reading →

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Out of Our Shell

Posted on July 28, 2012 by davidsberry

This week has seen a resolution to the ‘prawn wars’ brewing off the West Coast as larger boats from the East Coast, having meagre pickings in home waters, muscled in on their brethren. Another example of the idiocies perpetrated by … Continue reading →

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Eff Ofgem

Posted on July 26, 2012 by davidsberry

The legacy of Thatcher is a long one. Despite folk tradition (especially in Scotland), all that she did was not evil. But her successors’ efforts to create a real market in industries like railways and energy have proved illusiory.  See … Continue reading →

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