A new programme helping Scottish companies seize the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) has been launched. The National AI Adoption programme will offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) a range of support – including tailored mentoring services to grants – to introduce or expand the use of AI in order to develop new products and services, grow market share and attract new investment.
Tech Minister announces £10 million fund to boost UK semiconductor innovation from lab to market Investment supports British companies developing computer chip technologies central to our national security and powering everyday products like phones and cars. Funding helps UK’s strongest companies to compete in a global market worth hundreds of billions, supporting growth through the government’s Plan for Change.
Help to Save savers receive millions in bonus payments. 575,200 people on a low income have opened a Help to Save Account.
While the visa charge of £100,000 is not automatically a “disaster,” but recent policy changes (especially the big fee hike and new restrictions) make serious harm much more likely to tech hiring, and to healthcare/care staffing unless policymakers carve out exemptions or other fixes. What H-1B normally does (benefits).
Government stops over £480 million ending up in the pockets of fraudsters over twelve months since April 2024 - more money than ever before. Government stops over £480 million ending up in the pockets of fraudsters over twelve months since April 2024 - more money than ever before.
Writing a CV requires important decisions. What should you include, what should you leave out – and how honest should you be?.
Britain's energy regulator Ofgem will require all major suppliers to offer lower standing charge tariffs by the end of January 2026. Ofgem announced the change on Wednesday 24 September 2025 but added that the move was unlikely to reduce overall bills.
In 2024, there were about 25,155 estate agency businesses registered in the UK, a 24% increase versus 2017. From 2018 (20,720 agencies) to 2023, the number grew by 20%.
The Chancellor should protect workers’ pay packets and level the playing field on how different forms of income are taxed. This would include a 2p cut in employee National Insurance (NI) offset by a 2p rise in Income Tax (IT) – in order to raise £6 billion in a Budget that will require significant tax increases, according to major new Resolution Foundation research published today (Tuesday 23 September 2025).
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will declare the UK ‘open for business’, following a £110 billion investment surge from major financial services firms in the past week alone. £3 billion investment from Revolut will create 1,000 new high-skilled jobs in the UK, including a new global headquarters in London.
New rules have been issued to all Civil Service staff networks to ensure their activities remain within the Civil Service Code. New rules issued to all Civil Service staff networks to ensure they remain impartial and represent the Civil Service.
The UK suffers from a finance curse. Far from being our economic jewel, the City of London has drained trillions from the economy.
Highland Council is pleased to announce that discounted parking will be in place in Fort William throughout the duration of the Royal National Mòd, which is being held in Lochaber from 10-18 October. The Royal National Mòd is the country’s biggest annual celebration of Gaelic language, music and culture, with thousands of people expected to visit Lochaber to take part and enjoy various competitions, concerts and fringe events.
What if the UK’s most successful industry was also its biggest curse?. The City made billions of Pounds, but did it also make the country weaker?.
Largest number of major infrastructure projects green-lit by the current government in the first year of a Parliament. Largest number of major infrastructure projects green-lit in the first year of a Parliament in push to ‘build, baby, build’.
Here are some updates + examples of currencies that are rising (or have recently strengthened) versus the US dollar, and the reasons behind why. Dollar Weakness: The Context.
Are you running the most tax-optimal director salary?. Because HMRC has quietly made some of the old salary strategies obsolete.
Border Force has seized £72 million worth of cocaine following a tense operation that risked a huge compensation bill had their search proved unsuccessful. Criminal gangs had hidden more than one tonne of deadly drugs from South America inside two industrial generators valued at £720,000.
Drugs and Alcohol Policy Minister Maree Todd has underlined her unwavering commitment to continue reducing alcohol harms, as new figures show the number of alcohol-specific deaths at a five-year low. According to statistics released by National Records of Scotland (NRS), the number of alcohol-specific deaths fell by 7% to 1,185 in 2024.
A new programme helping Scottish companies seize the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) has been launched. Supported by nearly £1 million of Scottish Government funding, it will offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) a range of support – including tailored consultancy services and grants – to introduce or expand the use of AI in order to develop new products and services, grow market share and attract new investment.