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Scotland’s onshore GDP grew by 0.4% in September, according to statistics announced today by the Chief Statistician.

Scotland’s largest public-sector IT conference will showcase the best of international government technology tomorrow as it returns ‘in person’ for the first time in over two years. Digital Scotland is set to welcome over 700 delegates at the Edinburgh International Conference Cent

Extra funds worth £1.5 million are to be committed by the Scottish Government to aid the response to COVID-19 in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia. By the end of the year, a total of £5m will have been invested by the Scottish Government’s International Development Fund, a commitment which

Prosecutors would find it harder to use rap lyrics as evidence of alleged crimes under legislation proposed in New York. Two members of the New York State Senate have proposed a bill following controversy over the conviction of rappers in trials where their lyrics were used as evidence.

Glasgow-based residential architecture start-up HOKO has raised more than £420,000 in just two weeks as the £15 million-valued firm prepares to become the undisputed UK market leader in its field within the next five years. Almost 200 investors have already backed HOKO’s ongoi

Edinburgh-based property developer Gallo & Gallo Developments has broken ground on a new housing project on the outskirts of the city, with support from Bank of Scotland.

Ian McMonagle, a chartered tax adviser who sits on the Scottish Committee of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, and taxation director at Russell & Russell, business advisers, warns of the tax implications of using a garden shed as a home office. Amongst millions of people throughout the UK, WF

Edinburgh-based asset & wealth management firm AssetCo has submitted an indicative non-binding securities exchange proposal to management and consulting company River and Mercantile Group PLC (RMG). The offer is for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of RMG that is not already owne

Scotland The Bread, a social business working to grow better grain and bake better bread with the common purposes of nourishment, sustainability and food sovereignty, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £20,000 to support its community engagement work. The organisation runs two proje

Business leaders are confident about both domestic and international growth, despite supply chain disruption and the lingering threat of Covid-19, according to new research from HSBC.

The UK Government has announced that direct flights to London from Dundee will be subsidised for a period of two years. The Department for Transport (DFT) announced funding worth a total of £4.3 million for the public service obligation (PSO) routes.

Argyll and Bute is to be at the forefront of efforts to absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere, in ways that also generate economic and community benefits. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is leading a major project to explore and quantify commercial opportunities associated with carbon s

The Green Hydrogen for Scotland partnership has secured £9.4m of funding through the Storage at Scale competition run by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping seasons of all, but although it is often the cheapest time of year to bag a bargain, a recent survey from YouGov shows that 33% of Scots never trust the deals they see on the day. Every year during Black Friday there are both genuine and fake deals adverti

A senior politician charged with cleaning up Norway's expenses system has resigned a month into the role after being embroiled in an expenses scandal. Eva Kristin Hansen, 48, was elected as president of the Storting, Norway's parliament, just six weeks ago, but is now facing a police investigation f