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Scots Language in Safe
Hands
Swift action to safeguard the Scots tongue is
being taken. It follows a warning by UNESCO that in less than three
decades as many as half of the world's 6,000-plus languages, already
under threat, face dying out and that's not including dialects and
creoles.
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Jury Out On Independent
Scots Currency
Fresh talk of a Scots pound brings to mind Scotland's traditional
monetary values that, some might say, are perhaps rather old
fashioned and ill-suited to a digital era. Not so. They're needed
more than ever. As for an independent currency, not so sure.
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Scotland Closely Monitors
Brexit Developments
Brexit seems a lifetime ago. The 2016 EU referendum vote to leave
Europe (but not by Scotland voters) still has economists remaining
in a 50-50 split as to the advantages or otherwise. This is to be
expected, given the old chestnut - if you place two economists in a
room you come out with three opinions.
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Young Scots leading the way
as Scotch Whisky embraces sustainability issues
Young Scots are enjoying the "Water of Life" contributing to Scotch
Whisky record annual sales globally totalling over several billion
euros but the tipplers, aged up to and around their mid-20s, are
embracing the amber nectar very much on their own terms.
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Scotland pressing the flesh
in Silicon Valley with new generation of tech start-ups
It sounds apocryphal but I'm told it's true. How a budding tech
tycoon travelled for a solid 27 hours from Scotland's Silicon Glen
to Silicon Valley. As he emerged from LAX customs, the venture
capitalist he was due to meet shepherded him into a reserved side
room for a 3-minute elevator pitch, 5 minutes but only if there's
time.
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Cyberwhisper it!
Increasing numbers of hard-pressed businesses view online as so
toxic they're thinking of quitting the Internet for good.
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Scots graduates must do
less Angry Birds more early-bird career calls
Rising numbers of Scots graduates are far too addicted to their
smartphone.
