Creative place-making which considers health, social and environmental issues as well as an economic argument could be the key in shaping the future of Glasgow.

Profits at Iomart fell by 18 per cent in the first half of the year as the cloud computing provider worked to pass through a six-fold increase in its energy bills to customers.

MARSTON’S has hailed a World Cup boost and encouraging Christmas bookings as it posted a swing to profit in the last year.

SCOTTISH ministers have been accused of “shambolic planning” after it was revealed that individual food delivery workers will need to register as a “waste carrier” for the controversial deposit return scheme – costing them hundreds of pound...

THERE is no doubt the Scottish Government has high ambitions to end the country’s contribution to the climate crisis.

By Mark Williamson

Next year is the tercentenary of the birth of Adam Smith. One of the pillars of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith’s ideas were crucial to helping establish the global economy we see today.

Pensions giant Phoenix Group has underlined the growth potential of the Standard Life business it acquired from the group which subsequently changed its name to abrdn, following a strong showing by the operation in the latest year.

SNP ministers have been warned their legal 2030 climate target is “increasingly moving out of view” as the Government’s statutory advisors delivered their most scathing assessment in history on Holyrood’s progress in cutting emissions.

They are most usually found walking the august surroundings of one of Scotland’s oldest universities imparting academic wisdom to students.

Members of two trade unions are taking action on Wednesday and Thursday.

By Mark Williamson

YOU might have thought that with the Labour Party 30 points ahead in the polls and with the cost of living crisis and pay demands all playing to a traditional Labour agenda that Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar would be determined that there would be...

IN the first week of his premiership, in the summer of 2007, Gordon Brown published the most ambitious programme for constitutional reform a sitting British Prime Minister has ever produced. His “Governance of Britain” green paper promised to cur...

“WE were to have a superb dinner,” recalls David Copperfield, of Christmas Day when he was a boy, “consisting of a leg of pickled pork and greens, and a pair of roast stuffed fowls. A handsome mince-pie had been made yesterday morning… and th...

AS far as political gambles go, Nicola Sturgeon’s vow to treat the next Westminster election as a de facto referendum would appear to be a big one.

Noble sentiment

Edinburgh has been named the best place to celebrate New Years Eve in Europe in 2022 in a new online poll.

Property values fell by 2.3% month-on-month, Halifax said.

Every December we’re urged to remember the true meaning of Christmas and not get bogged down in consumerism. I’m an atheist, so my 'true meaning of Christmas' is spending time with loved ones and eating cheese, rather than the religious significa...

A proposed, updated Road Safety Action Plan has set the “ambitious target” for zero road fatalities by 2030.

The Scottish brewer argued that recipients were likely to recognise the claim as a ‘tongue-in-cheek remark’.

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Michelle Mone December 7 2022

Two trains have collided near Barcelona, leaving 155 people hurt, Spanish officials said.

HOLYROOD’S budget could suffer if Scottish ministers follow the UK’s lead and cut the income tax threshold for top earners, a leading economic thinktank has warned.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle 536, December 8.

RISHI Sunak has performed his second U-turn in as many days after Tory MPs threatened to rebel over a continued ban on new onshore wind farms.

JOHN Swinney has insisted it would be "impractical" to meet councils' demands for £1bn more funding in next year's budget.

It conjures up a romantic image of gracefully caressing the keys of a vintage typewriter as authors bring their characters to life on the page as they chip away at their next best-seller.

It was a return to their roots for the cast of new drama The Rig with the Edinburgh-filmed series featuring a glut of Scottish actors.

Rishi Sunak faced accusations of weakness over his failure to withdraw the Tory whip from Baroness Michelle Mone over allegations around a firm awarded contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic.

UP to 575 jobs are to be created at a new space research and development facility and satellite factory in Scotland.

Bedfordshire Police said a man in his 20s was detained and is in custody.

NICOLA Sturgeon yearned to bring in a travel ban with England and would have liked to have built a "Trump" style wall with England, according to Matt Hancock.

Murs is also known for tweeting disputed claims about gunshots in Selfridges and being fouled by Jose Mourinho.

The vehicle hit the side of the Dalhousie building at around 1pm this afternoon.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has criticised an intervention by the UN’s special rapporteur on violence against women and girls on reforms of Scotland's gender recognition laws.

The Highlands and Islands are set to experience travel disruption as strike dates are confirmed for airport workers in the area.

WAITING time performance across Scotland’s A&E departments has fallen to a new record low, with almost two in five patients waiting too long to be treated last week

The messages have been fairly muddled till now. We all know we’re supposed to be getting off natural gas heating, but there’s been more heat than light on how to do it.

THERE is no surer way of getting a conversation flowing with UK residents than by bringing up that thorniest of British issues: booking a GP appointment.

A former Lord Provost is calling for a ‘Team Glasgow’ approach to push both governments for a fairer funding deal for Scotland’s largest city.

An all-electric 4x4 designed specifically for some of the dirtiest all-terrain work is set to become the first light vehicle manufactured in Scotland in more than four decades.

By Scott Wright

AS the Scottish Government prepares for the delayed launch of its energy strategy environmentalists have provided a reminder that it has found it easier to make grand policy statements than to deliver on them.

From Christmas trees to wreaths and garlands, one of Scotland’s castles is set to reconnect Scots with the origins of our festive traditions.

FOSSIL fuels giants should cut gas leakage and end gas venting and flaring to halt wasting enough energy to supply more than 760,000 homes a year, a think tank has warned.

Labour will today try to force the UK Government to release records about the award of Covid PPE contracts to a company linked to the Tory peer Michelle Mone.

AN Aberdeen-based shipbuilder has won £140 million backing to start a new fleet of vessels to support the offshore wind sector.

ONE of Scotland’s largest social landlords has secured a £117 million loan to help boost energy efficiency and sustainability in its properties.