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The Scottish Parliament is seeking opinions on a proposed bill that could allow local authorities the right to add additional charges on ove...

MEMBERS of the Scottish Currency Group continue their series explaining how a separate Scottish currency can be introduced soon after indepe...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has agreed measures with lenders aimed at helping mortgage holders struggling with high interest rates but has resist...

WE had news on inflation this week. It has not fallen. In response, we got the seemingly inevitable reaction from the Bank of England. They...

SUPPLIES of Irn-Bru could be affected this summer as the threat of strike action looms.

THE Bank of England has unexpectedly pushed up interest rates to 5 per cent, the highest rate in almost 15 years, as policymakers and the UK...

Government under fire over mortgage crisis as Bank set to hike rates again

A WORLD-class carbon neutral manufacturing hub has opened its doors close to Glasgow Airport, ensuring Scotland’s “long history of innovatio...

NEARLY 40 staff have lost their jobs after the collapse of a Scottish construction equipment firm.

he pressure on households from the rising cost of living did not ease last month, new figures have revealed, as inflation remained higher th...

THE average mortgage rate for a two-year fixed deal has risen to a figure that has not been seen since the market reeled from Liz Truss’s di...

THE average mortgage rate for a two-year fixed deal has risen to 6.01% - a figure that has not been seen since the market reeled from Liz Tr...

ON Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Michael Gove repeated the myth that all government spending comes from taxation, so the UK can’t afford to...

SCOTLAND remains the most attractive place in the UK for foreign direct investment (FDI) outside London, according to a survey.

THE wellbeing economy is high on the agenda in Scotland’s politics right now, especially with the recent inclusion of the economic approach...

Last month we looked at how the Government creates new money to provision itself. The magic money tree, or the printing press as some people...

SCOTLAND has a unique chance to lead in finance by embracing new technology, adopting progressive legislation governing it and by becoming i...

MEMBERS of the Scottish Currency Group continue their series explaining how a separate Scottish currency can be introduced soon after indepe...

A £100 million fund is being pledged as part of a blueprint which aims to make Scotland “one of the most innovative small nations in the wor...

DOESN’T your report of the OECD warning “UK to have one of the highest inflation rates

I WAS told I was a bit of a geek this week. I accepted the accusation. Being a geek is no bad thing. It takes a geek to point this out ...

THE UK will have one of the highest inflation rates of any major developed economy this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and...

HAPPY birthday Adam Smith. Scotland’s very own GOAT political economist ...

WELFARE is something no-one want to claim or depend on, however we need a system in place for the vulnerable and those who need to claim lon...

ECONOMICS, politics, and all the word salad that goes with them can appear complex on occasion, even to seasoned participants. So, it makes...