Business & Economy

Gers figures: War of words as Scottish public spending gap grows to £26.5bn

The figures have been affected by a fall in oil and gas revenue for the second year in a row

'Window of opportunity': Donald Trump and John Swinney talk whisky and Gaza

FM is 'terrific guy', US leader says

Patrick Harvie: case for a currency union between an independent Scotland and rUK 'even less convincing' than in 2014

Draft Scottish independence referendum bill launched amid concern from unionists and investors

Three billion barrels of oil in UK continental shelf offer “very significant opportunity"

Keith Brown reveals business considering idea of independent Scotland in EU

Scottish economy lagging behind the rest of the UK

Aberdeen City Council becomes first Scottish local authority to be awarded a credit rating

Scottish Government backs new third runway at Heathrow

The Scottish Government will block underground coal gasification

Unite Scotland will ‘stand firm’ against attempts to name and shame foreign workers

Brexit ‘could cost Scotland 80,000 jobs’

Scotrail industrial dispute resolved

Philip Hammond to ditch George Osborne’s plans for a budget surplus by 2020

Scotland’s cities leading in drive for innovation and entrepreneurship, according to Nesta CITIE report

Adults born in the 1980s losing out in income, pensions and housing, IFS research finds

Scottish Government digital business accelerator funding winners announced

First shipment of US shale gas arrives in Scotland, renewing debate over future of fracking

The Scottish Government needs to develop clearer action plans for adapting to climate change, says CCC

Air Passenger Duty: Flying in the face of austerity

Kezia Dugdale reaffirms Scottish Labour 50p top rate tax policy

Nicola Sturgeon to call on UK Government to distribute the benefits of growth more fairly

Labour would introduce ‘real’ living wage of over £10 an hour, pledges John McDonnell

Q&A: Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work

Q&A: Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution

Other EU countries need post-Brexit trade deal more than UK, according to Civitas