Business & Economy

New chair of ScotlandIS appointed

Alison McLaughlin is sales director at digital solutions company Exception

UK Government launches fund to help communities buy at-risk buildings and sports grounds

The £150m Community Ownership Fund will help community groups take over local assets that are at risk

Energy industry's technical challenges under the spotlight

CalMac ferry strike begins

Small business, big land - Scotland's rural economy

Unemployment and employment both rise in Scotland

RBS to be sold at loss

Greece - the austerity coalface

UK financial system found to be least resilient in G7

We are winning the fight, says head of Scottish Business Resilience Centre

Living wage makes for better employees says report

Richard Lochhead welcomes record food exports

Migration rise welcomed by Scottish Government

Inequality hits record levels across OECD countries

19,000 more jobless in Scotland

Increased confidence among Scotland’s IT sector, survey finds

General Election: How politics became obsessed with deficit reduction

IFS paper scathing on Tory and Labour benefit plans

Manifestos leave voters guessing about cuts, says IFS

Exclusive: IFS wrong on FFA deficit, says leading tax adviser

The IFS is wrong

Exclusive: IFS rejects SNP defence of Full Fiscal Autonomy

Sturgeon makes promise to voters across UK

Parties clash over job plans

Is a Scottish quango game of thrones holding our media back?

Miliband: Labour will scrap 'non-dom' tax status