POCKETS of poor connectivity could hamper the economic recovery for some in Scotland’s largest city, it is claimed. While the Scottish Government’s R100 programme has helped Scotland to where 95 per cent of the country can order a superfast service at a speed of 30mbps and above, rural areas face delays of up to five years for connectivity and urban communities are said to also be facing setbacks. Stuart Patrick, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce chief executive, has raised the issue of small areas where high level connectivity drops out. Part of the problem is down to neighbouring businesses and homes being unable to work together to agree a collective connectivity solution, he said.
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Scottish cycling legend and sustainable travel advocate Mark Beaumont has officially opened the new Highland Home of Johnnie Walker on the famous North Coast 500 scenic route. Diageo hailed the new visitor experience at Clynelish Distillery, which is part of a wider tourism push by the drinks giant. Sited in the Sutherland town of Brora on the famous NC500 route, the transformed distillery adds a “new high-quality attraction” to the Highlands, as Scotland’s tourism sector prepares to reopen.
Barbara Smith and.Mark Beaumont at the distillery. Scottish endurance athlete Mr Beaumont officially opened Clynelish as he called for a sustainable approach to rebuilding tourism and celebrated the completion of the whisky attraction’s multi-million-pound redevelopment and the return of domestic travel.
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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.