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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.

Television broadcasting began in earnest in Britain with the BBC in 1936 and by 1997 there were five channels on our terrestrial TVs – it was staggering at the time. Five!  

It’s amazing how business fortunes can turn around with the benefit of a little strategy and a fair wind.

When I first heard talk of a tourist tax for Edinburgh, my gut instinct was that it was a backwards step that could do more harm than good.

I’ve not typically been one to get behind national days – half the time, they seem a bit contrived and ridiculous.

It was hard to get away from the media chatter around the Tory party conference last week – and the real elephant in the room.