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Shaf Rasul in front of a cluttered desk with broken recycling bins and delayed signage marked “DRS 2027,” overlaid with headline: “DRS disaster deserve to get a Slating – 25 May 2024”.

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20 May 2024

DRS disaster deserve to get a Slating

The ongoing saga of Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) has been painful to watch. At…

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Banner with the headline “Salmon farm 'storm' could leave culinary status smoked” over a moody image of a salmon farm at sea, contrasted with a supermarket shelf labelled “Scottish Salmon”.

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13 May 2024

Salmon farm ‘storm’ could leave culinary status smoked

The food and drink industry is worth billions of pounds to the Scottish economy each…

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Headline “Help new tycoons chart path to success” over a background of a startup-themed collage – entrepreneurs sketching plans, small business storefronts, and a rising arrow symbolising growth.

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6 May 2024

Help new tycoons chart path to success

Most of those in the business industry will pride themselves on the ability to navigate…

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Banner showing the headline “Freeports offer hope in a storm for firms” over an image of a windswept Scottish coastline with shipping containers and cranes symbolising Freeport zones.

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29 April 2024

Freeports offer hope in a storm for firms

It’s hard to avoid conversations in business circles on the recent findings by Interpath Advisory,…

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Banner image featuring the bold headline “Don't play Games... let's invest in our events site” over an aerial shot of Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus with icons representing global events and construction plans.

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22 April 2024

Don’t play Games… let’s invest in our events site

As I touched on recently in my column, Scotland’s events industry has gone from strength…

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A banner image featuring the bold headline “Fat chance calorie tallies will work out” with a backdrop of a restaurant menu and a fork poised over a rich dessert. Visual emphasis on menu items and calorie numbers.

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15 April 2024

Fat chance calorie tallies will work out

Call me childish, but I still get very excited about going out for a nice…

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Scottish pipers and dancers parade down 6th Avenue in New York during Tartan Week, surrounded by American flags and Saltire banners.

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8 April 2024

Tartan Week great for our check books

The 26th New York Tartan Parade took place this month, marking another celebration of Scottish…

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Silhouetted oil pumpjack and a black oil spill against a textured brown background, with the headline "Crudely put, the future for oil jobs is not looking slick" in bold white letters.

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1 April 2024

Crudely put the future for oil jobs is not looking slick

When it comes to exports, I could go on endlessly about the many fantastic reasons…

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A row of boarded-up homes and shuttered shops in a quiet Scottish high street, overlaid with the text “Breathe new life into our ghost towns”.

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25 March 2024

Breathe new life into our ghost towns

There is nothing sadder than seeing a derelict or vacant high street. However, this time…

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A wind turbine and solar panel array in a green Scottish field with a sunrise in the background, overlaid with the text: “Let's power ahead with renewable”.

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18 March 2024

Let’s power ahead with renewable

Last week I wrote of my dismay at the National Grid paying a record £275.3million…

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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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DRS disaster deserve to get a Slating

Salmon farm ‘storm’ could leave culinary status smoked

Help new tycoons chart path to success

Freeports offer hope in a storm for firms

Don’t play Games… let’s invest in our events site

Fat chance calorie tallies will work out

Tartan Week great for our check books

Crudely put the future for oil jobs is not looking slick

Breathe new life into our ghost towns

Let’s power ahead with renewable

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