UNIONS say there has been no new offer after talks with deputy first minister John Swinney in a move to stop strikes that could shut schools and nurseries and further escalate bin collection stoppages to 21 council areas from tomorrow.

A CALL has been made for a freeze in rents in Scotland which have soared by up to 25% in a year raising new cost of living crisis concerns.

I didn’t expect to be so moved. I’d seen it of course. Many times. I’d also read the information – what there was of it. And after that, if I’m honest, I hadn’t given it much thought. Like thousands of other objects, in dozens of other mu...

By Ian McConnell

NOT every Scottish hospitality company has the assets, reputation, and financial strength of the Crieff Hydro group of hotels.

Thousands of exam appeals are set to be “severely” delayed after Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) staff voted overwhelmingly for strikes.

A new programme to “turn up the economic dial” in Scotland is being launched with the aim of getting more companies beyond the start-up stage and into the realm of £100 million revenue businesses.

More green spaces, street level shops and restaurants, better lighting, and making it easier for people to move around the city are just some of the responses for a major consultation on the future of one of Glasgow's key retail areas.

WHEN he first started work at the family-run whisky giant William Grant, Harold MacMillan was prime minister, the world was on the brink of nuclear war and the average house price was just £2,670.

Morgan Stanley is looking to hire more than 200 university graduates, graduate apprentices and summer interns in a record-breaking recruitment drive out of its Glasgow office.

The manager of a woman who is suing the University of Glasgow claiming she was overlooked for promotion has admitted she was failed by the institution.

By Scott Wright

THE latest Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland (GERS) figures, published yesterday, were predictably depressing. The figures are compiled by the Scottish Government’s own senior economic advisers and estimate the difference between what Scotl...

GERS is an estimate of Scotland’s position within a Union where all the major energy, economic and taxation decisions are taken at Westminster. An independent Scotland would take different choices and the question that needs to be addressed is why ...

By Scott Wright

ONE of the UK’s leading car dealership and service companies, Lookers, has published “strong” first half results for the six months to June 30, crediting growth in sales of used vehicles and aftersales for driving revenues while outperforming t...

SCOTTISH businesses are among the least confident in the UK as companies face a crisis around the cost of conducting business, a survey of chartered accountants has found.

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By Willie Watt

Sounding off

If your time is short to catch the last week of The Fringe you can see snippets from seven great shows (changes daily) all in one at Mervyn Stutter’s ‘Pick of the Fringe’.

Susie McCabe: Born Believer, Assembly George Square, 7.45pm until Sunday

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Boris in Ukraine August 25 2022

BRACE yourself. Joe Biden has not long occupied the White House, but we’re already hurtling towards the 2024 US presidential election, with the midterms due to take place in just a few weeks.

IT’S 27 years exactly since I moved to Glasgow from Northern Ireland. I fell in love with the city, hard and fast. I’d never felt more at home in my life. I was young and the city was rambunctious and real, it had an edge to it: wicked, fizzing, ...

The famous venue could close its doors unless additional cash for a vital redevelopment is found

YOU probably know about Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. And most parents are clued up on the Xbox and Playstation. But did you know your child may well be heavily into Twitch?

Have you heard of the musical mindbender Heardle? Here are a few hints to get you started on the brainteaser.

What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

If you have tried and loved Wordle, Quordle should be your next go-to brain teaser.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

A former SNP councillor has been convicted of sex attacks against three women.

LIFELINE services on a key island route have been shut down due to problems with on of the CalMac ferry fleet's oldest vessels.

Edinburgh-based Miller Homes has announced plans for its 10th Lanarkshire development of the past five years, underlining the continuing demand for new-build homes in the region.

NICOLA Sturgeon has called out a “nasty, unpleasant fringe” within the independence movement as she spoke out about the abuse and threats she receives on a daily basis.

DEPUTY First Minister John Swinney is due to meet unions today in the latest attempt to stop strikes that could shut schools and nurseries and further escalate bin collection stoppages  from tomorrow (Friday).

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted she will not “cling onto office” when the time comes for her to quit as she “looks forward” to life after politics.

The number of hospital patients testing positive for Covid-19 has dropped in recent weeks, the latest figures show.

Drivers have been taken off waste management routes to provide transport but the upcoming strikes aren't expected to have an impact.

NICOLA Sturgeon has been branded “beyond a joke” for appearing on the Edinburgh Fringe to talk about herself while rubbish piles in the capital’s streets.

RUSSIA’S consul general in Edinburgh should be “banished” from Scotland, the Scottish Greens have said.

JOHN Swinney has blamed divisions in the SNP-led umbrella body for local government for the bin strikes now sweeping the country.

UNIONS have warned of a "winter of discontent" if ministers fail to resolve a councils pay dispute that threatens to shut schools across Scotland.

A UK Government minister has dismissed a proposals by ScottishPower chief executive Keith Anderson to freeze energy bills for two years through a taxpayer-supported £100bn fund.

Morgan Stanley is looking to hire more than 200 university graduates, graduate apprentices and summer interns in a record-breaking recruitment drive out of its Glasgow office.

FREEZING the energy price cap would require a “risky” amount of borrowing, Rishi Sunak has said.

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The big outrage following the much-anticipated release of House of the Dragon is over a scene of a forced caesarian on Queen Aemma while she is mid-labour with a breached baby and fully-conscious.

By Ian McConnell

NICOLA Sturgeon will miss the launch of the key report on Scotland’s public finances today, shortly before she appears on the Edinburgh Fringe.