Scotland

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

Energy·Economy

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

Economy

A North Sea Alliance: Scotland and Ireland Bet on Talent to Power Offshore Wind Future

In the race to command Europe’s offshore wind frontier, Scotland and Ireland have turned—not to turbines or transmission cables—but to people. A newly announced joint initiative between the two governments will fund

Energy

Scotland’s Climate Intelligence System and the Quiet Rise of Data Led Governance

Across Scotland, a new layer of decision making infrastructure is taking hold inside local government. It does not campaign, it does not legislate, and it does not stand for election. Yet its

Editor's Watch List

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

Large crude oil tanker ship coming into port

Global Oil and LPG Supply Chains Under Pressure

Summary Historic supply shock. Middle East conflicts (notably the Strait of Hormuz incidents) have slashed oil flows by ~20 million barrels/day, triggering the largest coordinated reserve release ever (400 million barrels). Oil prices spiked above

Editor's Watch List

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

Scotland Sets Out Sweeping Climate Blueprint to 2040

The Scottish Government has unveiled an expansive new roadmap to net zero, setting out more than 150 measures designed not merely to curb emissions, but to reshape the nation’s economy, housing, and

Environment

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