Ian McConnell
Business Editor at The Herald (Scotland)
Journalist based in Scotland - Business Editor of The Herald. Columnist. @heraldscotland Seven-times category winner in the Scottish Press Awards.
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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | Ian McConnell
Retail sales volumes dropped 2.7% month on month in May, according to the figures from the Office for National Statistics. Food store sales volumes fell 5%, the sharpest monthly fall in this category since May 2021. Non-food store sales volumes declined by 1.4% last month. The ONS noted, as it published the latest retail sales data today, that volumes were down by 2.7% from their pre-coronavirus pandemic level in February 2020, and had reached their lowest level since December 2024.
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jidonline.org | Ian McConnell
New Insights Into Itch SignalingPruritus is an underappreciated, frequent symptom of psoriasis and is prevalent in the majority of affected patients. Emerging data continue to support the notion that pruritus in psoriasis can have profound impacts on health-related QOL (Elewski et al, 2019). This new investigation into persistent psoriatic itch (PsoI) mechanisms by Zhang et al (2025) and their research team is fortuitous and arrives at a critical time.
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heraldscotland.com | Ian McConnell
Jacqueline Dobson at Barrhead Travel's 50th birthday dinner last week (Image: Barrhead Travel) One of the best-known names in the overseas travel sector in Scotland celebrated its 50th birthday at a dinner at Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket last week, and there was much to digest when reflecting on its journey. Of course, the old pictures which featured on the big screen were fairly splendid.
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heraldscotland.com | Ian McConnell
Stewart Miller, chief executive of the National Robotarium, with Coena Das, engineer at the National Robotarium. (Image: Ben Glasgow/ National Robotarium) Scotland can still establish itself as a world leader in robotics amid a “global revolution” in this arena by targeting applications in fields including medicine and through other key steps, a major policy paper launched today concludes.
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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | Ian McConnell
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes described it as 'an incredible endorsement of Scotland’s proposition as a destination for global investment'. (Image: Colin Mearns) There was much to grab the attention in the latest foreign direct investment figures for Scotland published this week.
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♦️More direct flights and another record year in sights of @EDI_Airport chief as he calculates huge scale of current economic contribution. Exclusive interview as part of @heraldscotland 's major Edinburgh series this week. ✈️ https://t.co/KoaKlgGHUg
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RT @ianmcconnellHT: ♦️Some more good news for Scotland on the inward investment front. @heraldscotland https://t.co/ccAVxWDFQQ