Department of Finance Canada has issued the following statement. Canada will not stand by as the United States imposes unjustified and unreasonable tariffs on Canadian goods.
The world's developing countries mainly owe their debts in dollars. Trump is, however, making it harder for them to earn dollars, and is trying to inflate the dollar’s value.
An estate agent offering best value has opened in Caithness. Crawford and Coghill is tucked away near Wick Harbour next to Wick Heritage Centre.
State-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude have captured the public imagination by producing fluent text in multiple languages in response to user prompts. Those companies have also captured headlines with the huge sums they've invested to build ever more powerful models.
There was a lot of focus this week on the Budget deal struck by the Scottish Government, which will allow the Budget to be supported by the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats. In early January, Anas Sarwar announced that Scottish Labour would abstain on the Budget as the Scottish Government were likely to secure support from the budget from one or other of these parties.
Fire and flooding are making houses uninsurable. Will this crash the housing market? There are strong signs it will, unless the government takes action.
Ayrshire company gets massive boost with contract to manufacture 31 of 62 UK-produced vehicles purchased by Iraq's Ministry of Interior. A Scottish business is delivering one of Iraq's biggest-ever investments into its emergency services following a deal brokered by the UK government.
Greg Thwaites at the Resolution foundation comments on the chancellor Rachel Reeves growth announcements. The Chancellor's speech this week provided some more detail on how the Government plans to boost growth.
Fraser of Allender set out the NIC issues for the public sector back at the UK Budget time. For local government and third sector there will be some serious decisions required.
1. This booklet provides information for the Parliament and others in support of the ‘Budget (Scotland) Act 2024 Amendment Regulations 2025' - the Spring Budget Revision.
Housing is a devolved area of government. This release brings together published data from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to provide quarterly UK totals for newly built dwellings.
Charges which fund vital water and waste water services in Scotland have been announced for 2025/26. Average monthly household bills will rise by £3.68 per month or £44 per year from 1 April 2025 - equivalent to 85p a week.
The latest closure list announced by Lloyds is 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax and 14 Bank of Scotland branches between May this year and March 2026. Wick Bank of Scotland closes in June 2025 as part of an earlier list of closures..
The Highland Council's Leader Councillor Raymond Bremner attended Scottish Cities Week in London (20-22 January) to promote investment opportunities in Inverness, the Highlands and the Highland Council area. Scottish Cities Week aims to provide a focused opportunity to create and develop long-term strategic partnerships, with a wide array of investors and developers.
There has been a recent rise in scams related to electrical voltage checks. The scam begins with a cold call from a company offering to carry out a 'free' voltage check.
Minister of State for Women's Health, Baroness Merron, spoke at the Responsible AI - Women and Healthcare Conference 2025, in London. I am absolutely delighted to be able to join you today, and I know I am amongst a very wide range of diverse voices and contributors here.
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) to take forward studies and investigations in these areas. NWS has published Areas of Focus in the search to find a suitable site and a willing community to host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF).
How will the latest plans for spending in 2024-25 boost the amount that the Scottish Government has to spend next year and beyond?. David Phillips, head of devolved and local government finance at the Institute for Fiscal Studies explains how the latest plans for spending in 2024-25 will boost the amount the Scottish Government has to spend next year and beyond.
The number of businesses added to the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) (business creations) in the UK in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2024 was 65,450, a fall of 8.5% on Quarter 4 2023. The number of business creations in Quarter 4 2024 is the lowest since the start of the quarterly data series in Quarter 1 2017.
As AI technology continues to evolve, there is a rising number of cryptocurrency investment scams. Between January and June last year, over £1.1million was lost to investment scams in Scotland, with an average of almost £18,000 being lost by each consumer affected.
