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UK Outsourcing: Played Out and Time to Throw Out a Defunct Business Idea.

Scotland, UK / /

There was a period during Thatcher’s Britain in the early 1980’s until sometime just before everything was subcontracted out by who was initially contracted to do the work on a plethora of government and public agency contracts. It included cleaning hospitals, running prisons, maintaining roads or indeed building them using the PFI method of procurement where […]

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Oh! Those referendums: They Keep Biting Back So What Else Can Democracies Do?

Europe, Politics, Scotland, UK / /

Barcelona was battered, bruised and reeling from a weekend of civil unrest after an emotionally charged independence referendum for Catalonia, unsanctioned by the Madrid-based Spanish government, ensued into what appears as extremely heavy-handed treatment by riot police towards voters at polling stations.

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2016: Goodbye to All That Nonsense and Hello to 2017

Europe, Investment, Politics, Scotland, The Stock Market, UK, USA / /

I’m looking forward to seeing the back of 2016. However it’s not particularly as an investor that I’ll be glad to see the start of 2017 but as a voter. I have voted 5 times since 2014 in elections for EU, UK and Scottish parliaments, 1 Scottish referendum and in June 2016 the Brexit referendum.

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In the summertime when the FTSE 100 is fine, it can stretch right up and touch the sky…

Europe, Investment, Scotland, The Stock Market, UK / /

The performance of the FTSE 100 share index appears to be fine so far after the UK’s Brexit vote, to paraphrase Mungo Jerry’s 1970 hit ,” In the summertime,” before the UK joined the EU, with global investors seeing US and other major indices rise too.

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Brexit – Well That Wasn’t Meant to Happen But There’s Democracy For You.

Democracy, Europe, History, Politics, Scotland, UK / /

The cliches maybe old and tired but they usually contain an element of truth this time on what happens now in UK politics – it’s anyone’s game, all is possible, the cat is out of the bag and who knows what tomorrow brings or the worst possible outcome of all would be cry havoc and

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Out and Proud with Ruth: Has the Tory Tide Turned in Scotland?

Democracy, Europe, Politics, Scotland, UK / /

The election result was never in doubt in the May 2016 Scottish Parliament elections it was more about who came in second place. The governing SNP won the election easily with 63 out of the 129 seats only 2 short of an outright majority although losing its parliamentary majority did take the shine off an

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Electric Elections: Conservatives Surprise and Turkish Delight

Democracy, Europe, Politics, Scotland, UK / /

Part 1: Conservatives Surprise The UK General Election in May 2015 brought an unexpected win majority win for David Cameron’s Conservative Party, with red faces for the pollsters. The Labour Party had a disaster, almost being wiped out in Scotland and Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls losing his seat in West Yorkshire, frankly they have a

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