Diesel has become one of the more worrying parts of the current energy story, and the reasons go well beyond the price of crude oil. For motorists in Caithness, the effect is already visible at the pumps.
Most people think about diesel when they pull into a filling station. But the price of diesel matters to almost everyone, including people who never drive a diesel car.
Diesel prices have become an increasingly uncomfortable issue for motorists and businesses as the disruption to Middle Eastern oil supplies adds another layer of uncertainty to an already difficult energy market. For people in Caithness, the problem is particularly visible at the forecourt.
For households across Britain, the energy crisis of 2022 can still feel like a fairly recent memory. Now the gas market is beginning to send another warning, although the circumstances are different this time.
A new report from the Resolution Foundation has highlighted a problem facing some of Britain's lowest-income private renters housing. Support has stopped keeping pace with rents.
There is a Government website that many people will never have heard of. Want to more then read on.
The collapse of Midland Bakeries Limited raises a wider question. Is this simply the failure of one relatively small bakery business, or is it another sign that the economics of baking are becoming increasingly difficult?.
Something important is happening in Scotland's public services, and it goes considerably further than another round of annual budget cuts. The Scottish Government is now talking about changing the way public services themselves are organised.
The price of crude oil is only part of the story – and diesel is currently facing a serious supply problem. There is something rather strange happening at Britain's filling stations.
From regular savers to Cash ISAs, there are more choices than simply leaving money in a current account. For anyone who has money sitting in a current account earning little or no interest, the savings market is worth another look.
It has been another busy week in Caithness, with several stories that are likely to have a longer life than the normal local news cycle. Healthcare, sewage, renewable energy, rural crime and the forthcoming Wick and East Caithness by-election have all been making headlines.
For people in Caithness, the impact of the Budget cannot simply be measured by the headline percentage of a tax increase. The reason is geography.
Statement from Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Overseas Territories Uma Kumaran MP on doing business with the Falkland Islands. The United Kingdom is clear: the Falkland Islands are British and they have the right to develop their natural resources as they see fit.
GAD helped the UK Space Agency assess the risks and financial implications of reforms designed to support growth and innovation in the space sector. Billions of pounds are set to be invested in the UK’s space sector under the government’s new UK Space Strategy.
There is something rather strange about chess. You sit down in front of a board with 64 squares and a collection of oddly shaped pieces, and for the next hour or two you are essentially trying to work out what another human being is thinking.
The latest payments highlight just how important agricultural support remains to Scotland's farming industry. More than £296 million in agricultural support has been paid to Scottish farmers and crofters since the beginning of September.
The State Pension is one of those things most people assume will simply be there when they reach retirement. But the rules governing how people build up their entitlement are once again under review, and this time the focus is on National Insurance contributions made by people on lower incomes and the self-employed.
When Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen's WildLand conservation company bought the Kinross House Estate this week, it was more than another country-house purchase. Kinross House sits on the western shore of Loch Leven, looking across to the historic Loch Leven Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567.
Communities across the country will be able to build and control their own clean energy supply. Great British Energy rolls out first wave of biggest public community energy investment in UK history, backing local places to cut bills and take climate action.
The European Union may be starting to rethink what it means to be part of Europe. That may sound surprising when the country being discussed is Australia, thousands of miles from the continent.