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Most of us use energy without thinking about it. We just turn on lights, switch on a laptop, or put the heating on, and rarely are we conscious of the processes at work.

With so much uncertainty lying ahead in 2019, it’s important to keep your glass half full and remember the many positive things coming up this year for Scotland, particularly in the creative industries.

It’s safe to say that 2018 probably hasn’t been your favourite ever year – at best, it’s been indifferent, inglorious, ignominious, and occasionally even downright insidious.

Scottish businesses will certainly have been watching with great interest as the Home Secretary Sajid Javid unveiled the government’s immigration white paper last week.

It’s fair to say that it has been a pretty tumultuous seven days since my last column - particularly so if you happen to be reading this, Prime Minister.

There’s no denying Christmas is around the corner now.

I’m all for supporting local businesses – they’re the backbone of Scottish enterprise – so I was delighted to hear about the return of ‘Small Business Saturday’.

Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly taking over our world – from Amazon’s Alexa voice technology in our homes, to amazing healthcare breakthroughs, and facial recognition technology on our smartphones.

With so much business hesitation being prompted by Brexit, it wouldn’t be a surprise if we saw property investment taking a serious hit.

Dundee was dealt a real hammer blow last week following the news that tyre giant Michelin intends to close its plant in the city with the loss of all 845 jobs.