A think-tank has said Scotland is failing to secure hundreds of millions of pounds of business because procurement systems were found to be the main hurdles for Scottish firms. The Jimmy Reid Foundation recently released a report that says that the exist

HUNDREDS of millions of pounds are "leaking out" of the Scottish economy due to a public procurement system which "seems to load the dice in favour of big corporations", according to a think-tank. A report by The Jimmy Reid Foundation identifies "hundred

Hundreds of millions of pounds are "leaking out" of the Scottish economy due to a public procurement system which "seems to load the dice in favour of big corporations", according to a think-tank. A report by The Jimmy Reid Foundation identifies "hundred

6 February 2012 Last updated at 07:22 ET The report claimed infrastructure project contracts were "designed in the interests of big business" Scotland is losing out on contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds because Scottish firms are "locked out"

UCS stands for Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, but also for Unity Creates Strength, one of numerous slogans that emerged from the momentous 16-month work-in which, 40 years ago, convinced a Conservative Government, planning to let what it regarded as a “lame d

Gall sees Sheridan as perhaps the most significant figure of the Scottish post-war left: "If you survey those who are around and have been around - people like (trade union leaders) Jimmy Reid and Bill Speirs, even George Galloway - there was no-one on a