Scottish Economy

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Money has at the same time captivated and appalled economists for centuries

Robbie Mochrie: Financial crash of 2008 showed no one had a clue about value
MONEY is the root of much evil. That’s not St Paul talking about the love of money. It’s the carefully considered opinion of the economics profession.

A paid holiday sounds good, but just who will be holidaying and who will be paying?

Letters Framing of 'Big Help Out' for coronation bank holiday really sticks in my craw

11 Wetherspoon pubs will be closing permanently, including one in Scotland

11 Wetherspoon pubs will be closing permanently, including one in Scotland

Tuesday’s edition of The National will include a Brexit Special Edition spread and Lights On poster

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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace speaking to the media during a visit to Harland & Wolff shipyard factory in Belfast

Fears for Scottish shipyards amid concerns UK will ‘offshore’ warship contracts

Empty retail spaces are commonplace on Scotland's high streets

Experts warn recovery unlikely as one in six Scottish shops sits empty

Nadhim Zahawi paid a penalty of more than £1 million after his tax affairs were probed by HMRC

COMMENT Richard Murphy: Did Nadhim Zahawi really pay a £1m tax penalty for 'carelessness'?

The Westminster Parliament is a failed institution, writes Peter Kerr

LETTERS The cult of free-market economics is what got the UK into this mess

Help is out there for people literally losing sleep over the cost-of-living crisis

Losing sleep over the cost-of-living crisis? How to rest as financial stress rockets

Professor Ian Gillespie expects big things from the partnership

University bosses from Scotland and Malawi expect big things from their partnership

Nicolai Tangen is chief executive of Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, which is now the world’s biggest single investor

Letters Norway’s oil fund has a significant influence on how businesses worldwide operate

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The SNP may regret lending the UK Government its support on green freeports, says Richard Murphy

COMMENT Richard Murphy: The SNP may regret lending UK its support on freeports

Stephen McLaughlin, head chef at Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles

Restaurant guide names 11 Scottish restaurants as must-visits in 2023

The Burrell Collection re-opened last year

Burrell Collection celebrates major visitor milestone after re-opening

Food prices are at a 45-year high

Food prices at 45-year high despite slight dip in inflation, figures show

Employment Minister Richard Lochhead said the figures were 'particularly welcome'

Scottish employment rate hits record high, new figures show

The AstroAgency team, from left: Daniel Smith, Lara Zanoni, Daria Filichkina and Antonio Duduianu

Scottish space marketing firm takes on contracts with industry giants

The Firth of Forth will have a freeport, but aren't these just glorified tax-avoidance schemes?

Letters I still doubt the long-term benefits of so-called green freeports

Oxfam GB boss Danny Sriskandarajah

UK's richest one per cent has more wealth than bottom 70 per cent, analysis finds

'Forgot the myths perpetrated about ‘national debt’ – Scotland needs its own currency as soon as possible after independence'

COMMENT Independent Scotland must have its own currency to challenge UK orthodoxy

Kilbirnie Auld in Ayrshire. Credit: Roger Griffith.

Scottish churches look for a miracle in race to save buildings and treasures within

A mural of Robert Burns on the sea wall at Ardeer beach, near to his birthplace of Alloway in Ayrshire

comment The arts need championing, even when faced with the toughest of choices

Catholics make up around 16% of the population

comment Kevin McKenna reacts to comments made by priest on Catholic finances

Diageo has allegedly not consulted with staff about introducing a lower rate of pay for new starts

Whisky production staff to take months-long strike action in pay row

Cromarty Firth is expected to gain freeport status

UK in 'serious breach of trust' over Scots freeport revelation

'It is absurd that HMRC prepares and publishes the tax gap estimate,' Professor Richard Murphy writes

COMMENT Richard Murphy: UK's missing £42 billion shows why Scotland needs more tax powers

A satellite launch site proposal in Sutherland

Comment Scotland's aerospace industry could touch the stars with European free movement

Amazon is consulting on shutting its site in Gourock which unions have described as a 'kick in the teeth' for staff

Inverclyde communities react to 'cruel' plan to close Gourock Amazon

The First Minister said the Scottish Government was hoping to talk to Amazon about 'whether there are alternative ways forward that don’t involve job losses'

FM pledges to help Amazon workers in Gourock facing redundancy

Energy Secretary Michael Matheson has outlined plans for a new energy strategy for Scotland

Scotland’s oil and gas will end in 20 years, energy minister says

Dan Morrison and Stewart Wilson will deliver the support provided by the energy support unit on the Isle of Lewis

Wind farm charity funds energy support unit for vulnerable islanders

Amazon is proposing to shut three warehouses including one in Gourock

Amazon set to close Gourock warehouse with loss of 300 jobs

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been urged to come before Parliament and present a more bold, long-term strategy

'So out of touch': UK Government slashes energy bill support for businesses

Statistics from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) show that around half of the 376,700 Scottish households in receipt of the benefit are liable for deductions

Universal Credit deductions could see Scots robbed of bulk of uplift

StepChange, a debt advice charity, say the cost of heating and lighting are particularly difficult for those struggling with debt

Debt advisers report soaring requests for help after festive period

Pubs are warning that a rise in the price of beer is just around the corner due to rising energy bills

Pubgoers warned prices will continue to soar in 2023

Milton Friedman, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize for economic science, sits with his wife Rose on May 9, 2002

COMMENT Robbie Mochrie: We would be wise to reflect on Milton Friedman’s freedom to choose

Rishi Sunak's Conservatives have made the UK's economic situation worse, experts have said

UK economic outlook 'as bad as it gets' – and Tories made it worse, experts warn

The retailer was named in the top 10 worst places to work by community-powered job platform Breakroom

McColl's named one of the worst places to work in UK

The Open Market Shared Equity Scheme could help low-income buyers as well as first-time buyers secure a home

Scottish Government aims to help first-time buyers with equity scheme

Head of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva has warned a third of the world economy will be in recession this year

Third of global economy to be in recession in 2023, IMF chief warns

Rishi Sunak could put a bill before MPs this month proposing anti-strike laws

Rishi Sunak could put anti-strike bill before MPs this month

Fewer Scots are earning below the real living wage when compared with their UK counterparts

Fewer Scots earn below real living wage than UK counterparts, figures reveal

Aldi said it will be investing £35 million in Scotland in 2023

Two Scottish towns to see new Aldi stores open in 2023, retailer announces

Energy prices have surged to an average of £2500 a year

Calls to energy hotline more than quadruple, advice service reveals

The Bank of England has predicted the UK is heading into a recession

UK economic growth weaker than first thought, latest figures show

House prices in Edinburgh are said to be pricing the locals out of their own city

SPECIAL REPORT Worsening housing crisis could see Edinburgh become 'playground of super rich'

In the consultative ballot for the Royal College of Nursing Scotland, 82% of members voted to reject the revised offer

Nursing strikes in Scotland set to go ahead as union rejects pay offer

There is no such thing as a 'politically neutral' independence or a 'politically neutral' currency

Letters Here's why we cannot simply 'sort everything out' after independence

Scotland’s recession may be shallower than elsewhere in UK , MSPs told

Scotland’s recession may be shallower than elsewhere in UK , MSPs told

Avanti West Coast - which operates train services across the Scottish and English border - is one of the companies involved in the Aslef strike

Fresh train strike to affect cross-Border services in Scotland

The Bank of England raised interest rates to a 14-year high at the beginning of the month

‘UK recession to last until end of next year’, say economists

Loral Quinn is chief executive officer at Codeclan

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