Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Jan 9, 2015
- 3 min
Public funds are instrumental in the prosperity of private enterprises
EVERY NOW AND AGAIN somebody writes a book that breaks out of the narrow field of innovation policy for which it was intended and gains a...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Dec 5, 2014
- 3 min
Action needed to ensure fairness around spinouts
THE WORLD OF high-technology, high growth start-ups is a challenging one. Would-be entrepreneurs have to cope not only with developing a...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Nov 7, 2014
- 3 min
Predictions of 1970 economic report now being borne out
SOME FORTY YEARS AGO, when I was a young engineering student at university we were introduced to the Limits to Growth (LtG), a report...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Oct 10, 2014
- 3 min
Skills shortfall means we must encourage students into engineering
EVERY NOW AND THEN I give a talk at a Scottish high school where I try and encourage them to consider following a career in engineering....
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Sep 15, 2014
- 3 min
The time for Scotland to chose its future has finally arrived
WELL, HERE WE ARE, September 2014, and we are finally confronted with making the decision on the most significant constitutional issue we...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Jul 22, 2014
- 3 min
In search of a solution to the problem of growing businesses of scale
EVERY THREE MONTHS Ascendant, a corporate finance company based in London, publishes a review of investment trends for the technology...
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Ian Ritchie : The Scotsman
- Jun 25, 2014
- 4 min
‘Can do’ attitude will help firms grow
Business Angels swoop to help new ventures get off ground but a joint approach takes them to a higher level, says Ian Ritchie IN NOVEMBER...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Jun 3, 2014
- 3 min
Capital transport system was on the right track a century ago
AFTER YEARS of what can fairly be described as an absolute shambles – chronic delays, incompetent construction, and costs running way out...
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Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business Insider
- Apr 25, 2014
- 3 min
Funding situation for start-ups much improved since 1984
WHERE WERE YOU when Insider was founded back in 1984? Well, I know exactly where I was because I was also founding a new enterprise in...
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