Business & Economy

Call for Holyrood candidates to sign up to pledge to diversify the data sector

The aim is to grow Scotland’s data sector and make it the ‘data capital of Europe’

Calls for next government to focus on business recovery

Two business bodies have urged politicians to committee to a Business Growth Act and a Small Business Recovery Act

Travellers arriving in Scotland must have evidence of negative coronavirus test from Friday

COSLA warns of cuts to council services if local government does not receive a fair share of the budget

Scottish Labour calls for ‘COVID debt amnesty’

Social media firms could be fined up to £18m for not protecting users

Contract signed for £384m R100 broadband rollout in the north of Scotland

ICO urged to protect workers from surveillance software

Scottish Government must promote fair work in care sector

Majority of MSPs and MPs think Nicola Sturgeon is handling the coronavirus crisis well

Kate Forbes announces new £185m business support scheme

Half of Scots say the pandemic has made them wary of visiting a local business

Show me the money

UK and EU admit the ‘conditions are not there’ for a Brexit trade deal

MPs vote to reinstate controversial parts of Internal Market Bill

Scottish National Investment Bank tasked with driving move to net-zero

Scottish Government cannot mitigate impact of Brexit, Kate Forbes warns

Deposit return scheme offers opportunities for community action

Nicola Sturgeon announces £100m to bridge the gap until Scottish Child Payment begins

Hope not hate: Interview with Kate Forbes

Scottish budget should not be subject to the ‘disinterested whims of a distant Tory government’

Kate Forbes announces £11.8m of funding for digital

SNP conference: New winter payments for low income families

SNP conference hears call for windfall tax on big business

Two Scottish scientists to receive share of £20m UK Government funding for research on artificial intelligence

Rishi Sunak's public sector pay freeze 'no way either to spend public money or to treat public sector workers' says IFS