The Herald’s Reset the Rates campaign investigates Scotland’s business rates crisis and calls for six major reforms to protect businesses, jobs and high streets. Read all of our coverage here.

Mr Sayarer’s talk was cancelled after the bookshop became aware of social media posts which violated the venue’s 'safe spaces' policy.

The co-owner of Loch Melfort Hotel near Oban questions the value of business rates after seeing the property's tax bill rise by thousands of pounds a year.

Stephen Gethins said cash should be saved in a fund for the future

The Jackdaw decision puts Labour’s North Sea approach under fresh scrutiny

Argyll and Bute councillor Alastair Redman says his two-month suspension risks creating a climate of fear and undermining local democracy.

Patricia Ferguson says Scotland's island communities must decide whether bridges and tunnels are right for them, amid concerns over depopulation and island identity.

Nick Nairn has backed The Herald's Reset The Rates campaign, saying Scotland's business rates system unfairly penalises hospitality trade

Patrick Harvie challenges the Scottish Government over a minister's letter that appeared to contradict its pledge on national data centre planning guidance.

MSP Amanda Bland who quit Reform to sit as an independent is set to remain a member of Holyrood's justice committee, The Herald can reveal.

Public Health Scotland cannot identify surrogate pregnancies in national maternity data, leaving officials unable to track numbers or analyse outcomes for mothers and babies.

A Scottish design and construction company has been placed into liquidation

The announcement from SSE adds fresh evidence to the debate over whether renewable energy can replace employment lost in the North Sea oil and gas sector

Playwright Rona Munro has revealed plans for a final instalment of The James Plays focusing on the Scottish king behind the 'Union of the Crowns'.

Hayley Valentine runs BBC Scotland. At least on paper. We follow the money to find out where the real power lies.

Chancellor John Healey is being urged to provide support to Scottish households to help with soaring energy and heating oil costs when he unveils his Budget in the House of Commons next week.

Amber Beverage Group UK has entered administration and ceased trading after 27 years in business, with around 27 staff made redundant.

Two Bulgarian siblings who assaulted young girls during an incident in Dundee last year, which led to a widely shared video on social media, are to appeal against their sentences.

The number of people who smoke in Edinburgh has almost halved in the last decade, according to new figures.

Police are appealing for information following a disturbance in Annan.

The UK Government is expected to approve the controversial Jackdaw gas field off the coast of Aberdeen on Wednesday.

Ryanair has announced its Winter 2026 schedule for Edinburgh Airport with 46 routes, including three new routes to Milan, Tirana and Warsaw.

A source told The Herald that affected staff were informed about the closures on Tuesday, and that a public announcement is expected on Wednesday or Thursday.

Court of Session rules for Diageo in Bonnybridge whisky fungus case, accepting ethanol emissions caused Baudoinia growth but not an actionable nuisance.

More than 200 jobs are at risk after two Motherwell-based firms announced plans to move their production from Scotland.

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has found Scotland acted earlier than the rest of the UK to isolate hospital discharges into care homes, but still entered the pandemic unprepared, with 4,272 residents dying and 82% of discharges untested.

A woman involved in an ambush of three university students was jailed today for 24 months.

AMA managing director Dr Ali Afshar has been asked to outline how much of the site’s “arts and creative floorspace” would be retained.

More than £6,000 has been raised to help the families of a man who died and two others missing following the disappearance of a fishing boat off the coast of a Scottish island.

Seven years after the BBC Scotland channel launched with big ambitions, its audience is shrinking and its future is in doubt. I spent an evening watching it to find out what has gone wrong.

Police have issued an update on a missing man from Johnstone.

A family has paid tribute to a "much-loved father, son and brother" who died in a crash in Fife.

The dedicated BBC Scotland TV channel is to be shut down in the spring - just eight years after its launch.

A review revealed that 1,225 (69 per cent) of Edinburgh’s 1,754 licensed short-term lets (STLs) do not have secondary letting planning permission.

Galloway cheesemaker's earnings squeezed by higher costs and profit drops

It certainly didn't take long for Amanda Bland to fall out with her party - the former Reform MSP announced on Monday she was quitting to sit as an Indepedent MSP.

The defection upsets the math at Holyrood - with Labour now second biggest party

The former Reid Memorial Church in Edinburgh could be purchased from the Church of Scotland in a community buyout.

More bin hubs, designed to improve recycling rates across Glasgow, are expected to be installed from next April, a new report has suggested.

Chios Airport on Chios, Greece’s fifth-biggest island, is scheduled to close for four months for major works.

A man accused of murdering a woman more than 30 years ago is to go on trial in January 2028.

New research has revealed major inconsistencies in how business rates reliefs are applied, leaving firms facing a postcode lottery across Scotland

Business leaders, trade bodies and hospitality operators have joined The Herald's Reset The Rates campaign calling for major reform of Scotland's business rates system.

Labour MP Torcuil Crichton has called for a state-backed, Notre-Dame-style rescue of the fire-ravaged Mackintosh Building, but the UK Government says it cannot promise new money for the £265m restoration.

The figures raise questions about the impact on social care and health services from the aging population

Welcome to The Herald's Business live blog, where we’ll be bringing you the latest developments from across Scotland’s business industry.

Fire crews were called out during the early hours of the morning to tackle a blaze that broke out on a Scottish town's main street.

The latest job figures for Scotland revealed in this month's data

They are one of the biggest bills facing businesses in Scotland. But just how are business rates worked out?

Edinburgh has overtaken Glasgow as Scotland's biggest source of business-rates income, but a dramatic rise in East Lothian raises fresh questions