Nicola Sturgeon leaves Bute House with work still to be done on Scotland economy By Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland The next first minister will have a full in-tray on trying to get the economy moving and improving the way ministers choose their spending priorities. As MSPs vote through the Holyrood budget this week, external experts are ferocious in their assessment of how it’s put together. Even on women starting up in business, Nicola Sturgeon has taken a long time to pay attention to the disadvantages they face. In the weeks before Nicola Sturgeon hands back the Great Seal of Scotland and boxes up her books at Bute House, there is unfinished business. A lot of it has to do with, well, business. A budget to pass on Tuesday. And the economy. And it’s likely that the low profile given to growing the economy under Ms Sturgeon’s leadership might be something Kate Forbes and perhaps others will wish to change. When she’s not being required to explain her Christian faith, that seems to be one part of the turf where the finance and economy secretary intends to pitch her leadership campaign tent. Her main rival, Humza Yousaf, […]