SCOTTISH law firm Boyd Legal has announced this morning its acquisition of Glenrothes-based Baird & Company, its second takeover this year.

NICOLA Sturgeon has lost her Supreme Court bid to hold a new independence vote.

A panel of five justices is expected to deliver its decision on Wednesday

A LACK of drug rehab and treatment facilities have been blamed as the number of homeless deaths nearly doubled in five years - with 60% being under the age of 45.

One in five younger private renters in Scotland have moved back in with their parents as the cost-of-living crisis prompts people to re-evaluate their living arrangements.

One of the firms building broadband services in Scotland is backed by a state-owned Emirati company investing in the controversial Pegasus spyware.

Day three of our joint investigation examines airports, sea ports, power suppliers, the Grangemouth oil refinery, and Scotland’s digital infrastructure.

By Scott Wright

JEREMY Hunt mentioned Brexit just once in his relatively loquacious Autumn Statement speech last week.

Commsworld reported a 20 per cent increase in turnover last year as the connectivity provider has continued to secure new high-profile contracts across Scotland.

By Scott Wright

Profits at family-owned Gordon & MacPhail fell by a quarter last year amid a double-digit jump in costs as the whisky industry grappled with ongoing supply chain disruptions.

The nightclub owner will take on the running of a campsite in the Highlands

As the only mammal apart from humans which can engineer its own environment, the beaver population’s ongoing expansion was always going to be a subject of much debate – but by bringing together all sides, NatureScot believes that a mutually bene...

By Ian McConnell

The samples she scrutinises could be as small as a grain of rice or sand.

Retrofitting under threat Glasgow tower blocks would emit less carbon over the next decade than demolishing and replacing them, a report has found.

IT had all the suspense of one of the show's cliffhanger endings when Dougie Henshall's departure from long-running BBC drama Shetland was revealed. Could it have spelled the end for the popular drama or would the show go on?

The manufacturer has received funding as it prepares to increase its workforce.

IN May 2000 I wrote a letter to The Herald asking "when therefore will our politicians come clean and admit that our unique NHS is now time-expired?" Clearly this diagnosis was premature, but prophetic, and my suggested remedy prescient. This was to ...

THE Conservatives are toast. Under the circumstances, Jeremy Hunt performed as well as anyone could have done in last week’s Autumn Statement. He and his new boss Rishi Sunak are good men working as hard and effectively as they can. They are gettin...

With just over one week left to go until the winners of this year’s The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards in association with Business Gateway are announced, the excitement is building.

Ta-ta toad

UK inventor Gérard St Guillaume outlines an innovative new concept that could one day help alleviate the threat climate change currently presents to global water supplies

Three former Sea King helicopters will be provided to Kyiv

GIVEN the chaotic events of the past year, it is hardly news to assert we are living in a society in acute crisis. Two recent reports bear this out: the Joseph Rowntree survey Poverty in Scotland 2022, and the Trussell Trust’s State of Hunger, whic...

I’M not sure which is the more depressing: that the UK has just reaffirmed the hereditary right of kings or that a majority of its citizens demonstrably agree with that situation. Despite this, as we begin the new Caroline era, a grown-up debate ab...

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on young renters November 23 2022

Investing in crypto nowadays demands long preparation and information—brilliant investing demands informing about the process and currencies that have been shown lately. However, there are currencies known for prolonged success, which buyers accept...

Scots celebrate their patron saint St Andrew this month but when is it and why do we mark it?

Is St Andrew's day a bank holiday and do we get a day off?

Train your brain by putting your mind to November 23's Quordle word puzzle.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle 522.

RAIL passengers in Scotland face a further round of pre-Christmas and New Year disruption in a continuing impasse over pay that will see four weeks of industrial action.

SPACE Solutions, a workplace design and management consultancy that has completed work for University of Glasgow and pet food firm Bella & Duke has hailed an increase in turnover and profit.

THE SNP Government has issued its strongest opposition to fossil fuels yet after a minister insisted the UK Government should not issue new oil and gas licences.

A Scottish film which reimagines a popular fairytale has won an international award from its premiere at the Melech Tel-Aviv International Film Festival.

SNP ministers could be “vilified” if they are named but cleared of bullying and harassment complaints under a new procedure, a Holyrood committee convener has warned.

KEITH Brown has been accused of breath-taking spin after claiming a new report showing a jump in violent and sexual crime proved Scotland was a safe place to live.

The Big Massive Unsubtle Metaphor Festival has failed to deliver what politicians promised it would.

THE number of deaths from homelessness have nearly doubled in five years, "shocking" new figures have revealed.

SCOTLAND’S A&E units remain in “crisis”, opposition parties have claimed, after the latest figures showed barely any improvement in waiting times.

BRIAN McBride, the Glasgow-born businessman, has called on the UK Government to move to identify sectors that could benefit from migration policy changes, and for flexibility from both sides over the Northern Ireland Brexit impasse that is holding ba...

A French businessman has revealed plans for a newly formed airline to operate a regular service between Scotland and the north west of France.

It’s a general rule that if you don’t name a problem, you can’t tackle it. You can’t fix road accidents if you don’t mention cars. How can you sort a problem like the climate, without saying the words fossil fuels?

ENTREPRENEUR Sir Brian Souter is “extremely concerned” about the long-term impact of Covid-19

The latest data showing the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) was published in a report on Tuesday by Public Health Scotland

Day two of our series examining Who Owns Urban Scotland looks at the firms linked to tax havens own or operate Scottish theatres, music venues, pubs and bars.

WORKFORCE and vessel shortages brought about by work on new energy projects like wind farms could hamper plans for the £20bn decommissioning of 2000 North Sea wells  over the next decade, it has emerged.

URBAN road tolls are likely to be the most effective means for Scotland to cut car traffic in Scottish cities, as the Scottish Government aims to meet targets on climate emissions.