{"id":3706,"date":"2026-09-02T13:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:23:17","slug":"smith-succeeds-macpherson-in-ministerial-role-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=3706","title":{"rendered":"Smith succeeds Macpherson in ministerial role \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alyn-Smith.png\" alt=\"Alyn Smith\" class=\"wp-image-76281 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alyn-Smith.png\" alt=\"Alyn Smith\" class=\"wp-image-76281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alyn-Smith.png 860w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alyn-Smith-600x394.png 600w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alyn-Smith-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alyn-Smith-768x505.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>New minister: Alyn Smith (pic: DB Media Services)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Alyn Smith, who was a member of the Commons and the European Parliament, has been appointed Minister for Innovation, Technology &amp; Tertiary Education at Holyrood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">He will succeed Ben Macpherson,\u00a0who stepped down last week, citing the pressures of ministerial office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">First Minister John Swinney said:\u00a0\u201cAlyn is one of the most experienced parliamentarians in the UK, having served in both the European and UK Parliaments before being elected as an MSP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe has broad international experience and has shown long-term interest in skills, universities and colleges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy new Programme for Government sets out an ambitious agenda for post-school learning and development \u2013 from protecting free university tuition, expanding apprenticeships and delivering a new national skills plan, to supporting university research and spin-outs, and connecting business with academic institutions to drive innovation and growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlyn will work closely with M\u00e0iri McAllan to drive that agenda, working across government with other ministers and in partnership with industry and the education and skills sectors to deliver for Scotland\u2019s people, communities and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Smith studied Law and European Law at the University of Leeds and completed a Masters degree in European Studies at the College of Europe in Warsaw. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">After teaching English in India and working with Scotland Europa in Brussels, he qualified as a lawyer and practised commercial law in London and Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In 2002, he joined the office of Richard Lochhead MSP before becoming an adviser to the SNP Group in the Scottish Parliament on European, justice and business policy. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland in 2004 and was re-elected in 2009, 2014 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">He served as Member of Parliament for Stirling from 2019 to 2024 before being elected as the MSP for Stirling in May 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><strong>Daily Business Bulletin<\/strong>:\u00a0Subscribe here for our free morning bulletin of breaking news<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.7.0) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Smith #succeeds #Macpherson #ministerial #role #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New minister: Alyn Smith (pic:&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6522,269,271,5639,5641,1621,6523,6524],"class_list":["post-3706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-alyn-smith","tag-business","tag-daily","tag-macpherson","tag-ministerial","tag-role","tag-smith","tag-succeeds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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