Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- May 6, 2004
- 2 min
We’ve missed our connections
Compare it to – well, almost anywhere. Why does Scotland still suffer such poor transport infrastructure? SOUTH KOREA'S news that its...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Apr 1, 2004
- 3 min
Capturing your life in a petabyte
THE YEAR THAT INSIDER was born was also a landmark year for the information industry. In 1984 the modern personal computer was born when...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Mar 4, 2004
- 3 min
Filling the cracks of doom
We face a stark future unless we can attract skilled immigrants to boost our falling population, WHAT HAS Wendy Alexander been up to...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Feb 5, 2004
- 2 min
A hard act to follow
The attacks on Robert Crawford have been quite disgraceful, says Ian Ritchie. FOUR YEARS AGO, Scottish Enterprise was an organisation...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Jan 8, 2004
- 2 min
Bring on the risk-takers
Ian Ritchie speculates that it’s the risk-averse nature of university researchers which stalls spin-outs DESPITE SOME HYSTERICAL media...
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Ian Ritchie : Business AM
- Dec 12, 2002
- 3 min
Academic greed hinders creation of strong industry
Universities should encourage spinouts rather than demand a large slice of the pie ONE OF THE paradoxes of modem Scotland is both the...
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Ian Ritchie : Business AM
- Nov 28, 2002
- 3 min
Time to create something of value – and finish it
Criticising the parliament building budget is wrong: we need more projects like it WHEN THE EDINBURGH International Conference Centre was...
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Ian Ritchie : Business AM
- Nov 14, 2002
- 3 min
Driven to despair as millions from ‘our’ smash hit go west
The next global blockbuster highlights another missed chance for Scottish talent AS YOU MIGHT already know, this week sees the launch of...
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Ian Ritchie : Business AM
- Oct 31, 2002
- 3 min
Treasury tips the balance sheets to its advantage
Don’t pin all the blame for the market depression on the technology sector collapse NOW THAT WE FIND ourselves in the biggest slump in...
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Ian Ritchie : Business AM
- Oct 17, 2002
- 3 min
No surprise as enterprising idea comes under attack
BT should rise to the challenge of a Scottish telecommunications trading exchange THERE MAY BE LOTS of uncertainty around in the world...
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