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Stuart Patrick, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Chief Exec-JS Am I being too cynical in assuming that an election campaign is not usually the moment for sophisticated debates on the future of Scotland’s economy? This is the season for silver bullets and simple targets. So it was a pleasant surprise to see the publication by the Hunter Foundation of Oxford Economics’ Raising Scotland’s Economic Growth Rate. Sir Tom Hunter can always be relied upon to tackle head-on the trickiest of issues, and with governmental policy language completely dominated by the concepts of just transition to net zero or the evolution of fair work it is refreshing to read a report that asks the basic questions about how we earn a living.
Lancefield Quay CGI PROPERTY development firm Osborne+Co is making things happen in Glasgow, says Will Hean. The company’s development director is working on three projects in the city: revamping the Met Tower, a major office building on Argyle Street and a 700-home development at Lancefield Quay. Today, his team will hold an online consultation on the riverside housing plan, and they want to hear what Glaswegians think about their ideas. Alongside the property arm of construction firm McAleer & Rushe, they are proposing to build 400 build-to-rent homes and 300 properties for private sale on land, vacant since 2007, between Elliott Street and Lancefield Street.