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25 August 2025

Organic farming sells dream of our crop

Scotland has always punched above its weight when it comes to food and drink. Whisky,…

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18 August 2025

Jobless need more flex appeal

While we typically perform better than most of our UK neighbours when it comes to…

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11 August 2025

We don’t need exams to push the envelope

Last week, thousands of young Scots opened emails and envelopes to learn how they’d done…

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Business executives in a modern Scottish boardroom discuss STV’s future strategy as a presenter points to a screen reading “Focus Not Cuts.” Photorealistic image illustrating Shaf Rasul’s column for The Scottish Sun about STV’s need to focus on core strengths and make smarter business decisions.

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4 August 2025

STV’s Strength Is Local – Time to Build on That

STV has had some bad news. The company has said it will make less money…

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28 July 2025

Give cautious dip-dip-hooray for bust biz fall

It is always great to see positive news during these uncertain times in Scottish business.…

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A bold headline reading “Housing Crisis: Scotland’s Policy and Investment Crossroads” appears over an image of construction cranes, half-built residential blocks, and stacks of planning documents

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21 July 2025

Housing Crisis: Scotland’s Policy and Investment Crossroads

Housing isn’t my core business. My day-to-day is focused on commercial, with city centre offices,…

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14 July 2025

Future-proof your biz with skills boost

I was interested to read that 60 per cent of Scotland’s business leaders would go…

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7 July 2025

New data farm shows we have BOT’s needed to lead the way.

As a nation, we Scots have a proud history of being at the cutting edge…

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30 June 2025

Our Innovation Firms Will Adapt and Weather Financial Storm

Setting up an SME will always present challenges, regardless of your level of expertise or…

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23 June 2025

Investment not only saves jobs it builds futures

There’s a tough truth in business – if we don’t invest in industry, we risk…

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Shaf Rasul is a Scottish entrepreneur, investor, and media commentator with a track record of building multimillion-pound businesses and mentoring the next generation of UK business leaders.

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Organic farming sells dream of our crop

Jobless need more flex appeal

We don’t need exams to push the envelope

STV’s Strength Is Local – Time to Build on That

Give cautious dip-dip-hooray for bust biz fall

Housing Crisis: Scotland’s Policy and Investment Crossroads

Future-proof your biz with skills boost

New data farm shows we have BOT’s needed to lead the way.

Our Innovation Firms Will Adapt and Weather Financial Storm

Investment not only saves jobs it builds futures

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