Economy

Scotland’s Electric Heating at Risk as Radio Signal Switch Off Forces Shift to Smart Meters

Scotland Faces Uneven Impact as Ageing Radio Meter System Is Switched Off A largely invisible piece of Britain’s energy infrastructure is approaching its end, with consequences that will be felt most keenly

Who Decides What Gets Built: Scotland’s Quiet Shift in Energy Planning

A recent consultation issued by the Scottish Government has raised a question that, while technical in form, carries wider implications for how Scotland governs its energy system. The proposal concerns the threshold

Small Producers Pilot Fund Distributes Support Across Scotland

A modest but strategically significant stream of public funding has been channelled into Scotland’s small-scale agricultural sector, as ministers and enterprise agencies test how best to sustain a part of the rural

Dumfries and Galloway Confronts Rural Decline With Evidence Rather Than Rhetoric

There are few subjects in modern Scottish governance more quietly consequential than depopulation. It lacks the drama of constitutional quarrels or fiscal brinkmanship, yet it cuts far deeper into the long term

Scotland Braces for Economic Shockwaves as Ministers Assess Fallout from Middle East Conflict

The Scottish Government has moved to assess the domestic consequences of the escalating conflict in the Middle East, amid growing concern that the economic aftershocks are already beginning to reach households and

Economy

National Lottery Funds Drive New Push on Financial Inclusion Across Scotland

Efforts to address financial hardship in Scotland are entering a new phase, as The National Lottery Community Fund begins shaping a fresh round of investment drawn from the Dormant Assets Scheme. The

Economy

£547 Million Freeport Windfall to Be Reinvested Across the Highlands

A substantial financial dividend from the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport is set to be channelled back into Highland communities, after Highland Council endorsed an ambitious long-term Investment Plan. At the

Economy

Poverty in Scotland Holds Steady as New Data Reveals Deepening Structural Pressures

The latest poverty statistics released by the Scottish Government offer a picture that is, at first glance, deceptively calm. Beneath the surface of broadly stable headline figures lies a more complex and,

Economy

Scottish Farm Incomes Rebound Sharply After Difficult Year

Farm incomes across Scotland staged a notable recovery in 2024–25, rising by nearly a third after a bruising decline the previous year, according to newly published official statistics. The figures, drawn from

Economy

Shetland Council Responds to Audit Warning of £134m Budget Gap

Shetland Islands Council has acknowledged the scale of its financial challenge after a national audit highlighted a projected £134 million budget gap, while also noting that the authority’s services perform strongly compared

Economy

Argyll and Bute Support Drives Business Growth, Jobs

Argyll and Bute support drives business growth and new jobs Argyll and Bute Council’s Business Gateway service supported more than 450 businesses last year, helping new start-ups launch, existing firms expand, and

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