Despite recent challenges with the official Labour Force Survey (LFS), the recent rise in the unemployment rate (0.6 percentage points since January 2024, or equivalent to 258,000 people) appears to be accurate, and there may be further labour market loosening to come, according to new analysis from the Resolution Foundation. The Labour Market Outlook Q3 2025 from the Foundation assesses various measures of slack in the labour market to determine whether the official unemployment rate of 4.7 per cent is being impacted by the same data issues which have eroded the reliability of the official employment rate.
28 EV models are now eligible for the Electric Car Grant (ECG) scheme. £3,750 discount on 2 Ford models becomes available as part of the Electric Car Grant scheme, slashing prices for consumers and boosting growth in the sector with eligible models seeing up to an 80%.
Flooding is getting worse because of changes to our climate. It's likely flooding will happen more often.
This year, Generation X consumers will outspend Baby Boomers for the first time globally, and will remain the biggest spenders until at least 2033. How does Gen X like to shop, what kind of products do they value most and how will retail - and indeed society – change in the UK? The home delivery expert Parcelhero has been studying the next generation.
The Highland Council is proud to be supporting Catch the Bus Month 2025 run by Bus Users UK. Buses boost the economy, reduce congestion and pollution, and improve our health and wellbeing.
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted a formal onshore planning application to Highland Council. It followed detailed optioneering, environmental assessments, and community consultations.
Workers directly impacted by the cessation of refining at Grangemouth are to receive additional targeted support to help them transition into new jobs. INEOS O&P employees who were part of shared services for Grangemouth oil refinery and are directly affected by its closure will be able to receive support from Forth Valley College to develop skills for emerging sectors.
Residents in the Highlands are being reminded to contact their energy suppliers to replace Radio Teleswitch Service electricity meters during the phase-out process which began on Monday 30 June 2025. Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) electricity meters were first introduced in the 1980s and use radio signals to tell some older electricity meters when to switch between peak and off-peak rates.
News stories in recent months have claimed that more than 16,500 millionaires are expected to leave the UK in 2025 due to the country's increasing tax burden. Notably, the abolition of "non-dom" tax rules has been touted as one of the reasons for this "millionaire flight".
Scottish EDGE is Scotland's biggest business funding competition. It offers grants and loans of £10,000 up to £100,000 to help early-stage companies, social enterprises and charities to grow.
Veterans will now have access to an independent clinical review on long-term military-related injuries or conditions through a new service. The Veterans in Service Injury Network (VISIN), supported by £50,000 annual Scottish Government funding, will be hosted by NHS Highland and available across Scotland.
About 100 new data centres, the large anonymous-looking buildings containing the complex computer systems which power the online world, are to be built in the UK. Vital for all of your digital needs - from Netflix and banking, to AI and social media - they are the heart of the modern digital economy.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today released Recorded Crime in Scotland, year ending June 2025. The police in Scotland recorded 303,343 crimes.
Statistics have been published today on Education Outcomes for Looked After Children. The publication provides data from the 2023/24 school year on school attendance, achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) levels, school leavers stages and attainment, and school leavers post school destinations.
Victims and survivors of ‘honour'-based abuse will be kept safer and more perpetrators brought to justice in a raft of new measures, as part of the government’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls and the Plan for Change. New statutory guidance and a legal definition of ‘honour’-based abuse will be brought in to help the police, social workers and others better support victims and make clear that frontline staff must take these crimes seriously.
Unless your business is operating completely off grid by generating its own electricity, you'll be powering your lights, fans, compressors, fridges, freezers and so on using electricity that's supplied by the UK's National Grid. The National Grid supplies your electricity at a voltage of around 230 Volts, but did you know that not all equipment needs the 230 Volts you're paying for? And that that many types of equipment simply waste what they don't use.
An average of 22% of Highlands residents relied on a charity for essential support in 2024, from mental health care and debt advice to medical support, according to new data analysis by Ansvar Insurance. The figure was higher in some areas - up to 27%.
A £3.6 million contribution to the Scottish EDGE Awards is to be made over the next three years, Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has announced. The multi-year pledge goes beyond a Programme for Government 2025-26 commitment to provide £1.2 million this year by committing to deliver the funding level for the next three years.
From today 27 August 2025 the U.S. under President Trump, doubled tariffs on many Indian exports—from 25% to 50%.
Two expperst discuss Capital, Capitalism, and the Capture of Democracy. 37 minutes but you will learn a lot..
