Business & Economy
Business and third sector experts invited to help shape Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal
17 August 2018
Members of the regional enterprise council will advise on aspects of the city deal based on their expertise
Associate feature: Can Scotland become smokefree by 2034?
17 August 2018
Ross Parker, Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications at Fontem Ventures, on achieving...
UK would regret no deal Brexit 'for generations', Jeremy Hunt warns
17 August 2018
The Foreign Secretary hinted that the UK could make concessions in order to reach agreement and...
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Improvement Service announces four ‘technology partners’ to work on digital public services
16 August 2018
Four companies have been appointed by the local government Improvement Service to develop new...
Information Commissioner sharpens focus on technology with new management appointment
16 August 2018
Simon McDougall joins the regulator in the role of executive director for technology policy and...
Anger as cost of Boris Johnson Heathrow vote-dodging trip revealed
16 August 2018
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has revealed that it paid £19,366 for three staff members...
Economic growth in Scotland double estimated level in first quarter of 2018
16 August 2018
Growth in GDP was 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2018, rather than the estimate of 0.2 per...
Nicola Sturgeon to hold talks on Brexit and the seafood sector
16 August 2018
EU member states account for seven out of 10 of Scottish seafood’s current top overseas export...
University of Strathclyde manufacturing research centre to receive £96m from UK Government
14 August 2018
The Advanced Forming Research Centre is one of seven high-value manufacturing Catapult centres...
Ruth Davidson backs 'Amazon tax' to help support high street shops
14 August 2018
Scottish Tory leader warned the high street could “vanish” if the UK Government failed to increase...
Trade experts question Theresa May's post-Brexit customs plan
13 August 2018
Alan Winters, an economics professor and director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the...
Cancer patients across Europe could lose out on vital drugs if no Brexit deal is reached, pharmaceutical giant warns
9 August 2018
Astra Zeneca warned that a no deal Brexit could cause “delivery problems” across the continent
Edinburgh and South East City Deal is proof “we can achieve more together than apart”, says Theresa May
8 August 2018
Nicola Sturgeon, who met with May as part of the visit, said the funding would help Edinburgh and...
Nicola Sturgeon urges Theresa May to set out a Brexit ‘plan B’ ahead of talks
7 August 2018
First Minister calls on Theresa May to lay out an alternative to the UK Government’s current...
Brexit threat to Scotch whisky and Stornoway black pudding
3 August 2018
Products such as Scotch whisky and Stornoway black pudding currently have protected status known as...