Archive for December, 2009

SCOTLANDS OIL & GAS RICH ECONOMY

The European Union costs every UK Citizen £234 a year. The UK Union costs every Scottish resident £2300 a year. Scottish public services face £35 billion cut over next 15 years, as a non Independent Scotland will give London a minimum of £210 billion over the next 15 years in oil and gas revenues alone. [...]

Two matches, two losses – that’s all that matters

Yes, we came back from 2-0 down against Spain.  Yes, we had hope of a point, or even of a miracle win against the World and European champions.  We can feel good about certain aspects of that performance, but let’s be clear on what happened during this international break.  Scotland lost both of our two [...]

Update: Scottish Fourth Level Champions

At the end of last season, we did a quick blog post about Scottish Fourth level champions which stated no team had ever won the Third Division twice in it’s 15 year history. Livingston’s 0-0 draw with Berwick Rangers and their crowning as champions has obviously changed this fact, since Livingston also won the league in the [...]

SCOTLAND’S GREEN WIND AND WAVE ENERGY REVOLUTION

Scotland is the World’s leading producer of wind energy, this energy will bring in more revenue and development opportunities than oil and gas. Vote YES YES and stop the Conservatives getting their hands on yet another “get out of Labour’s jail card”. SCOTLANDS GREEN ENERGY REVOLUTION – HALTED BY THE UNIONIST’S The Green Energy Business [...]

CKD Galbraith discuss residential Home Report performance two years on

Scotland’s leading independent property consultancy CKD Galbraith has outlined its thoughts on the residential Home Report two years on since its inception, and how it has encouraged a degree of stability in the market place. [Pictured: Bob Cherry, partner at CKD Galbraith and head of the firm’s residential division in the Ayr office.] The system [...]

Top Economist Backs SNP Oil Fund Plan

Joseph Stiglitz is one of the pre-eminent economists in the world. His credentials are quite simply first rate. He has a Nobel Prize for Economics and has been both Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. He also chaired the Clinton Administration’s Council of Economic Advisers. He is also one of the most [...]