November 2017 ~ Message Matters

November 22, 2017 In Client news By Message Matters

Keep Scotland Beautiful, responds to Chancellor Philip Hammond’s plans to tax single-use plastics

Following today’s Autumn Budget, Keep Scotland Beautiful Chief Executive, Derek Robertson, commented: “Keep Scotland Beautiful welcomes the Chancellor’s commitment to investigating tax on single-use plastic. “We are delighted that momentum is now building behind a move that has the potential to make a positive difference. However, we...

November 22, 2017 In Client news By Message Matters

SCDI responds to Chancellor’s 2017 Budget

Following Chancellor Philip Hammond’s, 2017 Budget announcement, Mark Bevan, Chief Executive of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) commented: “Today’s statement reinforces what we know about economic performance. It reminds us that sustainable growth requires long-term policy, public infrastructure, investment and talent. “The success of...

November 17, 2017 In Client news By Message Matters

REFORM SCOTLAND: TIME TO END THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE ON STATE PENSIONS

Think tank calls for political and moral leadership to spark an honest debate on pensions Reform Scotland, the independent, non-party think tank, has called for politicians of all parties, at Holyrood and Westminster to end the “conspiracy of silence” on the future of the state pension. Ahead...

November 14, 2017 In Client news By Message Matters

Trevor Garlick appointed Chair of SCDI’s North East Committee

The Scottish Council for Development and Industry has appointed a former regional president of BP as Chair of its North East Committee. Trevor Garlick OBE, who previously had responsibility for BP’s North Sea business, along with the firm’s assets in Scotland and Norway will take...

November 13, 2017 In The Howff By Message Matters

Labour – a Brexit political strategy that is both effective and ambiguous

By Tom Harris While most observers’ eyes have been focused on the continuing “sex pest” scandal in Westminster, and then on the most recent, dramatic Cabinet resignations, Labour have continued with a Brexit political strategy that is both effective and ambiguous. It has been effective because they...

November 2, 2017 In Client news By Message Matters

SCDI urges MSPs to look to the long term in debate on Scotland’s tax future

The Scottish Council for Development and Industry has welcomed a debate on tax following the Scottish Government paper on income tax rate options. The Role of Income Tax in Scotland’s Budget, published today (Thursday 2nd November), sets out the Scottish Parliament’s powers over income tax, its...

November 2017

Keep Scotland Beautiful, responds to Chancellor Philip Hammond’s plans to tax single-use plastics

SCDI responds to Chancellor’s 2017 Budget

REFORM SCOTLAND: TIME TO END THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE ON STATE PENSIONS

Trevor Garlick appointed Chair of SCDI’s North East Committee

Labour – a Brexit political strategy that is both effective and ambiguous

SCDI urges MSPs to look to the long term in debate on Scotland’s tax future

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