5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (261+ words) Scotland’s spaceport on the Shetland island of Unst has moved closer to its first commercial rocket launch after receiving £30 million as part of the UK government’s space strategy. SaxaVord Spaceport, a former RAF radar station, has been turned into the…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (441+ words) John Swinney plans to expand the Scottish Government’s network of “embassies” to more than 40 locations, despite last week announcing a cull of publicly-funded offices. The current nine overseas offices, costing £7 million a year, will be expanded in order to boost…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (362+ words) Advocate Jonathan Murphy will chair the independent review into the rating valuation of licensed hospitality premises. Mr Murphy, who has a specialised practice in valuation for rating, succeeds BJ Gill KC who stepped down after being appointed Solicitor General. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (635+ words) Reshaping the public sector, including a shake-up in the NHS and transport strategy, are expected to feature in today’s Scottish programme for government. They will play a part in helping the Scottish government meet financial targets and improve delivery of…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (458+ words) Scottish Labour leadership contender Michael Marra, who was instrumental in developing the election manifesto, said the party must rediscover it soul. The party’s finance spokesman admitted the party had been let down by Downing Street but also by mistakes made…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (358+ words) South of Scotland Enterprise has appointed three new board members, Julia Mulloy, Stuart McCallum and Andrew Smith, who will take up their roles on 31 August for four years. She was chief executive of Scottish Borders Housing Association until her retirement…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (587+ words) Scottish Labour leadership candidate Joe Fagan has delivered a stinging criticism of Anas Sarwar’s decisions not to challenge the SNP budgets over the last two years. Mr Fagan – who was only elected to the Scottish Parliament in May – said the…...