The Edge

Richard Northedge takes on corporate finance

Archive for the ‘Scotland’ category

Fining Rangers FC for insolvency is insanity

Football finances belong to a different planet, but fining a club because it goes bust? That’s from a different galaxy. What chance has the authorities of receiving any payment?
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Lloyds is Scottish too

The Scottish Nationalists trying to stop HBoS being bought by the English seem to have missed one important point. Lloyds TSB is Scottish.
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The HBoS job creation scheme

The former bankers trying to keep HBoS independent (ie, Scottish) really ought to know the difference between a job application and a takeover. And they have sent their application to the wrong address anyway.
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Recession? Let them play golf

Donald Trump is as good as Keynesianism and better than a sovereign wealth fund. Spending £1bn on a Scottish golf course for toffs is an ideal way to offset recession.
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