DESPITE one in two Scots saying they have been impacted by anti-social behaviour, half of the incidents are going unreported, according to new research.

The owner of Glasgow’s famous Horseshoe Bar has warned that surging inflation is harming trade across its UK pubs, with rising costs likely to persist “well into the next financial year”.

LIZ Truss’s declaration this week that raising taxes will “choke off” growth would have been almost funny.

SCOTGOLD, Scotland’s first commercial gold producer, could generate significant free cash flow of around £13 million a year for the current mine life of more than eight years, house broker Shore Capital has said.

Homeless Project Scotland feeds hundreds of people a week in Scotland's biggest city and is looking for an indoor premises.

THEY were just two years into their dream lifestyle after leaving Glasgow behind for a new adventure in South Africa.

Scottish premium crisp business Mackie’s at Taypack will get a new name next year following a buy-out of the operation by its majority shareholder.

MORE than 1,000 businesses in Scotland have been offered loans worth almost £230 million through a Covid recovery scheme.

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ENGINEERING business Wood has announced a new boardroom appointment.

SCOTTISH energy supplier SSE said it had performed “slightly” ahead of expectations in the first quarter of its financial year and that investment projects including offshore and onshore wind farms were continuing “at pace.”

I SPENT the first couple of weeks of this month in Dubai, on a family holiday. It is a fabulous place to take the kids – wonderful facilities at our hotel, outstanding service, great food.

SEVERAL years ago I gently suggested to a candidate in a Tory leadership election contest that you have to be slightly mad to want to be Prime Minister. He raised an eyebrow and replied: “Slightly?”

THE final two candidates in the Tory leadership contest are doing their best to beat the drum which they think will open the door to No 10 for them ("And then there were two... ", The Herald, July 21).

THE Scottish Government wants Scotland to be “the best place for British Sign Language (BSL) users to live, work, learn and visit”.

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IT is a game that came straight from the imagination of JK Rowling; a key feature of her Harry Potter novels and a real-life sport played around the world. Now, though, Quidditch has changed its name to distance itself from the Scots-based author.

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AFTER two days of soaring temperatures, thoughts are increasingly turning to the burning issue of climate change, pun intended. Now a psychotherapist says some of us have moved past the anxiety stage and are experiencing “eco grief”.

A ‘critical incident’ has been declared by the Kent port due to six-hour queues, with tourists urged to consider staying away.

THERE’s a sign up in all the women’s toilets in Glasgow Sheriff Court. “In an event of an emergency,” it reads, “if you require sanitary products, please speak to a member of the security staff.”

A “raised” level of toxins found in shellfish from a loch in the Western Isles may make the seafood unsafe for humans to eat.

Energy regulator Ofgem has said improvements will be made to energy connections between Scotland and England.

Archaeologists probing the "stunning” site at Lochinver Quarry, near Elgin, are working on the theory its inhabitants were preparing for war

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WOMEN involved in sex work have told the Scottish Government that current legislation around prostitution means they would not contact police, even if they were raped.

ANGELA Constance has insisted she is pushing ahead with plans to introduce safe consumption rooms after her Government’s taskforce set up in response to Scotland's drug deaths crisis called for UK ministers to allow the facilities to operate.

THE MINISTER responsible for tackling Scotland's drug deaths crisis will lobby her SNP colleagues to pay for a string of key new recommendations amid a warning over “woefully inadequate” funding for addiction services.

A HOTEL with a distillery on-site is being brought to market.

A SCOTS college campus has been named as one of six buildings nominated for the prestigious 2022 Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building.

RUTH Davidson has backed Rishi Sunak in the race to be the next Tory leader and Prime Minister, saying he has a “first-rate intellect”.

SCOTTISH video technology business Ajenta has appointed liquidators.

GLASGOW-based Hoskins Architects has re-structured to “better reflect its growing international business” and at the same time transitioned to employee-ownership.

SCOTLAND'S conservation agency has called for visitors from 23 Scottish small islands in a bid to stop the spread of bird flu.

THE UK Supreme Court has set a provisional date for hearing the case about whether Holyrood has the power to stage a second independence referendum without Westminster’s consent.

AND the winner in the contest to be Britain’s Next Prime Minister will be ... named after the break. A six week break, during which Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will tour a country of 67 million people to garner the votes of 160,000-plus Conservative ...

AND so, after three chaotic years, Boris Johnson has finally left the despatch box. His parting quote from Terminator 2 hinted at a mad dream of one day returning to prove his critics wrong.

Boris Johnson chose to finish his last Prime Minister’s Questions with a quote from Terminator 2 – “hasta la vista, baby” – but let me remind you of something else the Terminator said in that movie: “It’s in your nature to destroy yours...

Salmon producer Loch Duart has been repeatedly forced to turn business away this past year as it grapples with acute labour shortages that have beset Scotland’s food and drink sector in the wake of Brexit.

UK ministers have been warned Scotland is missing out on a “bonanza of secure jobs in green energy” by a failure to be more ambitious about scaling up renewables.

“HASTA la vista, baby” said Boris Johnson, though, unlike, the Terminator he won’t be back. He took the fall for No.10’s party culture but is Keir Starmer taking responsibility for his party’s culture of racism and sexism, as revealed in th...

Every great leader has their own unique story of how they made it to the top – but a belief in oneself remains a constant factor, and it's such personal confidence that The Power Within Training aims to instill in all its clients.  By Andrew Coll...

A VERY special event on medical tourism was recently held by acclaimed specialists in hair transplants Seneca Medical Group, featuring the Greek Deputy Minister of Tourism Sofia Zacharaki and the President of ELITOUR and Regional Governor of Attic...

AN independent fund management and financial advice firm has hailed its acquisitive expansion into Scotland and signalled further growth.

A STRIKE involving Scots firefighters is looming after an angry response to a  2% pay increase offer during the cost of living crisis.

North Sea independent Serica Energy, which is in a buyout standoff with smaller rival Kistos, has quadrupled production from a 24-year-old BP well as it further bolsters its defences against a takeover.