3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (426+ words) Scottish Greens will use an opposition debate on Wednesday to force a vote on halting all hyperscale data centre applications, amid a huge wave of speculative proposals across the country. The party says its move is prompted by a ‘lack…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (515+ words) Aberdeen Group has ended its long search for a successor to Sir Douglas Flint by appointing Torbjörn Magnusson as chairman of the Edinburgh-based investment manager. The appointment, which is effective immediately, will see Mr Magnusson take over from interim chair…...

5+ day, 15+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ 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, 12+ hour ago   (484+ words) Kate Forbes, the former deputy First Minister and Economy Secretary, has warned that a failure to manage the energy transition properly could see Scotland lose both its skills base and its status in renewables. She fears the country is heading…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (294+ words) Foreign investment projects in the UK’s energy sector fell last year to the lowest number for 13 years as investors took stock amid geopolitical tensions and rising costs. Scotland remained the UK’s leading destination for energy investment, securing 15 projects. This was…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (458+ words) The number of companies in Scotland in “critical financial distress” is more than twice the national average, according to an alarming new report. Second quarter figures from insolvency specialist BTG Consulting shows a 20.5% surge in firms falling into the category…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (626+ words) Scottish Labour leadership contender Michael Marra has blamed the SNP government for allowing bus contracts to be placed overseas, even though decisions are made by operators working to procurement rules set by Westminster. Mr Marra declared that he would “seek…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1175+ words) Two data centres in the North Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone will be supported by a £300 million financial package underpinned by the National Wealth Fund and a syndicate of lenders. The investment will expand DataVita’s existing data centre and fund the…...

4+ week, 21+ 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…...