The importance of the aviation industry to the Scottish economy was highlighted in two very different ways this week. Transport minister Michael Matheson signalled the country’s intention to be at the...

The clock is ticking, your customers are watching with hypercritical interest and, with every passing second, your entire recruitment strategy is slowly going up in smoke. Though the salaries may bigg...

Anyone who’s moving job and has been invited to take part in an “exit interview” may feel justified in asking themselves what purpose there is in such an exercise and whom it will benefit. Exit interv...

Scotland’s climate and geography has come to the rescue of its economy in the past and is ideally placed, to do so again. The density of its populations around the Clyde, Forth and Tay rivers made it ...

More evidence of the potential dangers of a no deal Brexit for Scotland comes in a report showing that skills shortages are already costing Scottish businesses more than £360million a year. The cost r...

The longer the uncertainty over Brexit continues, the more evidence emerges that the shaping of Scotland’s future may be less a matter of personal politics and more about economic necessity. At the ce...

The Scottish engineering sector is in good health, but industry leaders fear a one-size-fits-all immigration policy following Brexit could hinder companies’ ability to recruit the specialists they wil...

The recruitment industry has been identified as a key player in attempts to rebalance the UK economy away from London and the South-East, with Scotland playing an important role. The recent announceme...

Ask anyone in Scotland to name the country’s top performing industries and most will start with oil (until recently, at least) followed by whisky, tourism and fishing. Some might mention niche sectors...

There’s a golden rule in catering that the customer is always right. No matter how demanding or unreasonable their complaints might seem, failing to give them a fair hearing reflects badly on your bus...