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It’s just two more days until The Apprentice kicks off again and as usual, it looks like there are some big personalities – and egos – in this year’s series.

I’m always thrilled to see unemployment figures in Scotland fall and employment rates rise – but are we collectively doing enough to ensure that the nation’s workforce is able to keep performing well?

Walt Disney once said that laughter was America’s most important export – but luckily Scotland can count on a few more than that.

What next? No matter who you are, it can be a big question.

If you live in Scotland and someone mentions farming, the chances are the images that spring to mind will be green fields, cows, sheep and tractors.

Is the high street about to become a thing of the past?

Scotland is known for its whisky – we’re proud producers and exporters, and rightly so when it means so much to our economy and heritage.

Glasgow and its businesses have certainly had a tough time of it lately.

Us Scots are fond of using intergalactic vernacular when it comes to describing those we consider to be a little unhinged.

Amid soaring temperatures, it’s fair to say that the UK may have gone a bit mad.