Will Peakin
Beginning as a reporter on weekly newspapers in the North-East of England, Will moved to Glasgow and worked as a freelance for a number of UK national newspapers. In 1990 he was appointed News Editor of Scotland on Sunday and in 1995, Scotland Editor of The Sunday Times. In 1999, he and his family moved to the south-west of France where he wrote for The Sunday Times Magazine. Returning to Scotland in 2002, he was Assistant Editor (Features) and Deputy Editor at The Scotsman before joining Holyrood Magazine in 2004. He writes for the magazine's business pages and edits its series of supplements. Articles by Will Peakin:
- Last Tuesday, the European Commission raided the offices of oil companies Shell, BP and Statoil in an investigation of suspected manipulation of oil prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions since the Libor rigging scandal. Authorities have sharpened their scrutiny of financial benchmarks...
- Array Time stops when you pass through the doors of the Flatiron Room, a ‘spirits parlour’ in Manhattan, according to New York magazine: “Fifties-era Italian floral wallpaper, rolling library ladders, and a chandelier that once hung in the Smithsonian set the anachronistic mood; live jazz,...
- It was a good start to the week. A Bank of Scotland survey of around 600 purchasing managers in Scottish companies recorded the fastest increase in business activity for 12 months. In turn, firms had responded by creating more jobs with employment rising at the fastest pace in nine months. The...
- TOPICAL QUESTION TIME 14.05.13: North Sea oil and gas production Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) asked the Scottish Government whether it considered that North Sea oil and gas production will continue for the rest of the century. The Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Fergus...
- Apprenticeship target met The Scottish Government and Skills Development Scotland said that the target to enhance the job prospects of 25,000 young people through training in a key sector has been met for a second year. Minister for Youth Employment Angela Constance marked the occasion by...
