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Wednesday 03 June 2026

Energy shock from Middle East conflict hits UK jobs market — · Shoplifting in Midlothian up 50% — and Edinburgh retailers a · Zero-hours contracts are changing. Scottish SMEs have months…

Tuesday 02 June 2026

£2bn Data Centre Planned for Scottish Borders — 145 Jobs, On · Scotland's Natural Capital Is Worth £40.1bn — and This Septe · Glencoe's Woodlands Resort Lands £3m HSBC Package to Cement …

Monday 01 June 2026

Scottish Firms Signal Q3 Slowdown — and They're Not Waiting · Edinburgh Airport Grounds Flights Sunday Afternoon — Staff, · Scotland Generates Surplus Renewable Power Worth Billions — …

Sunday 31 May 2026

Wallace McDowall Falls Into Administration — Another Scottis · Edinburgh University cuts 13+ postgrad courses — and the tal · Scottish SMEs Pay More for Energy They Help Generate — Swinn…

Saturday 30 May 2026

Wallace McDowall Enters Administration: What Scottish Suppli · Food Price Cap Row Exposes the Real Squeeze on Scottish Hosp · Scotland Generates the Wind, Pays the London Price: Swinney'…

Friday 29 May 2026

Scottish Angel Investors Are Backing More Deals Per Capita T · Aberdeen University to cut 111 jobs — and the damage won't s · Westminster Blocks Scottish Energy Powers — Again. Here's Wh…

Thursday 28 May 2026

Scotland's economy grew 0.6% in March — but the UK grew six · Two Pubs Closing Every Day in Britain: What the Licensed Tra · Scotland's Angel Investors Are the Most Productive in the Wo…

Wednesday 27 May 2026

Scotland's Net-Zero Economy Is Already Worth £10.2bn — and I · UK Unemployment Climbs as Iran War Energy Shock Hits the Lab · Scottish Scale-Ups Are Outgrowing the UK's Appetite for Risk…

Tuesday 26 May 2026

AAB Wealth Hits £2.5bn After Two Acquisitions — What Scotlan · Scottish Pig Farmers Are Leaving the Industry. Here's What T · Forty Years On, Scotland's Financial Sector Is a £13bn Corne…

Monday 25 May 2026

£4.7bn Black Hole: Scottish Government Confirms Cuts Are Com · Extended Producer Responsibility Charges Land in June — Scot · £12m path, Scotland's first Center Parcs, and a tourism wind…

Sunday 24 May 2026

Government unveils £500m sovereign AI fund targeting Scottis · Scottish Fish Landings Hit £960m — Up 26% in a Year, Despite · Swinney Moves on Business Rates: What Scottish SMEs Need to …

Saturday 23 May 2026

£500 Million Sovereign AI Fund Lands in Glasgow — Scotland's · Swinney Pledges Pro-Business Reset After Sir Tom Hunter's Bl · Scottish Fisheries Hit £960m — Up 26% in a Year, Despite Cat…

Thursday 21 May 2026

UK jobless rate hits 5% and wage growth falls to four-year l · Scotland's Energy Industry Gives Holyrood a 100-Day Deadline · Flynn Takes the Helm: What Scotland's New First Minister Mea…

Wednesday 20 May 2026

£1 Billion Wind Investment Heads for South Lanarkshire — and · SNP MSP Breaks Ranks on Business Rates: 'Rebalance Now or Lo · CPI Expected to Drop to 3% in April — Here's What Scottish S…

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Nearly 100 Scottish Engineering Jobs Gone as Two Firms Go Un · Westminster Finally Moves on Late Payments — Scottish SMEs H · £1.5bn Highlands Factory Lost to Europe After Chinese Firm C…

Monday 18 May 2026

£1.5bn and Gone: How the Highlands Lost a Chinese Factory to · Scotland's Earnings Divide: £200 a Week Separates the Top an · SNP Back in Power at Holyrood — But Without a Majority. Here…

Sunday 17 May 2026

Three Pressures, One Direction: Scottish SMEs Are Being Sque · Addleshaw Goddard plants its flag in Edinburgh: what a major · Large Firms Must Pay Up Faster: The Late Payment Bill Scotti…

Saturday 16 May 2026

Tariffs, Energy Bills and Supply Chains: The Triple Squeeze · Scotland's £4.7bn Civil Service Pay Bill Is About to Crack — · Large Firms Will Face a Hard Cap on How Long They Can Sit on…

Friday 15 May 2026

Burness Paull Breaks £100m for the First Time — and Scotland · Scottish Household Wealth Stalls at £96,918 — and Over a Thi · US Fintech Giant Broadridge Plants Its Flag in Glasgow — Wha…

Thursday 14 May 2026

Burness Paull Crosses £100m Turnover Line — What Scotland's · Cyber rules, digital ID, and late payments: what the King's · Westminster Targets Late Payments and Red Tape — Here's What…

Wednesday 13 May 2026

Three in four SMEs can't say with confidence they'll cover n · Edinburgh Renewables Firm Ionica Teams Up With Irish Giant G · Scotland's Largest Battery Project Changes Hands: What a 1,2…

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Scottish Corporate Insolvencies Up 27.6% in a Single Quarter · SNIB Puts £50m Into L&G's Build-to-Rent Fund — Here's What T · Edinburgh's Esk Film Services Lands £2.6m to Take Live Enter…

Monday 11 May 2026

Holyrood 2026: The New Edinburgh and Lothians MSPs Who Will · Swinney Confirms IndyRef2 Request to Westminster — What Scot · Westminster's 10-Year Growth Plan Is Open for Comment — Scot…

Sunday 10 May 2026

SNP Minority Government: What Five Years of Green and Reform · Scottish Business Leaders Are Done Waiting: The Economy Need · United Lands in Glasgow Again: What Daily Nonstop New York F…

Saturday 09 May 2026

SNP Fifth Term, No Majority: What Minority Government Means · Scottish Economy Needs a Reboot — and Business Is Done Waiti · Edinburgh's 13 MSPs Are Now Confirmed — Here's Who Represent…

Friday 08 May 2026

Two pubs closing every day in Britain: the tax hike bill Sco · One in Three UK Small Businesses Set to Pull Back from EU Tr · AMS Snaps Up Aberdeen's Infinity Partnership in Scottish Acc…

Thursday 07 May 2026

Scotland's 2026 Election Campaign Dodged the Economy. Now Ev · Scotland's £5.7bn Arts Economy Is Under Pressure — and Your · One in Three UK Small Businesses Is Pulling Back from EU Tra…