Winning projects will help build a greener and more efficient transport system while supporting high-quality jobs across the UK. projects developing innovative technology, including drones and unmanned aircraft awarded government funding to boost UK aviation sector £4.4 million investment will drive growth of tech start-ups, support hundreds of jobs and deliver on the government's Plan for Change funding forms part of wider government action to champion cutting-edge aviation research and development across the UK Over £4 million in funding has been awarded to pioneering British businesses developing next-generation aviation technology, with winners announced today (29 September 2025).
The New Towns Taskforce has recommended locations for the next generation of new towns. The government has today (Sunday 28 September 2025) confirmed it will progress work on the next generation of new towns across England, following publication of an independent report that recommends 12 locations as potential new towns.
Andy Burnham says it's time for the UK to stop being in hock to the bond markets. The City is in uproar, but who really calls the shots in Britain—the government we elect, or unelected financiers? In this video, I unpack Burnham's challenge, the myths about debt and borrowing, and why democracy—not markets—must decide our future.
A new way to diagnose colorectal cancer will help ensure patients get quicker treatment. Scotland's Colorectal Optimal Cancer Diagnostic Pathway has been designed by clinical experts at NHS Golden Jubilee’s Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD).
Tricolor Holdings — What’s Going On. Collapse, Bankruptcy, and Allegations.
A new digital ID scheme will help combat illegal working while making it easier for the vast majority of people to use vital government services. Digital ID will be mandatory for Right to Work checks by the end of the Parliament.
Motor insurers have changed their settlement and compensation practices after the FCA found some insurers had short-changed customers on stolen or written off vehicle claims. It means that an estimated 270,000 motorists are expected to receive £200m in compensation for historic claims that were underpaid, breaching rules on handling claims fairly.
West Midlands Trains, Govia Thameslink Railway, Chiltern Railways and Great Western Railways set to integrate into Great British Railways. Schedule set out for West Midlands Trains, Govia Thameslink Railway, Chiltern Railways and Great Western Railways to come under public control by the middle of next year, more than half of all rail journeys in Great Britain will be under public ownership.
MyCare.scot, Scotland’s new health and social care online app, will be made available to everyone across Scotland from April 2026, following an initial launch in Lanarkshire in December. The new online service will transform how people access and interact with health and social care services.
Letter to STV Chief Executive Rufus Radcliffe. Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has written to STV’s Chief Executive Rufus Radcliffe expressing concerns over the company’s cost saving plans and the impact these would have for its Aberdeen newsroom.
This paper uses the Scottish Government Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to assess the long-run economic impacts of a stylised 10% tariff increase by the United States on UK goods exports. This paper uses the Scottish Government Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to assess the long-run economic impacts of a stylised 10% tariff increase by the United States on UK goods exports.
£25 million UK Government investment in Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport unlocked. The Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport today [26 September 2025] reached a historic milestone in establishing the Highlands a major international hub for the offshore wind and renewable energy sector.
This edition of the Scottish Economic Insights report focuses on the first half of 2025 and early indicators for the third quarter. 2025 so far has seen notable shifts in both the global and domestic economic landscape.
As autumn begins, new data suggests that British consumers are already tightening their belts in anticipation of higher winter bills. From food shopping to discretionary purchases, spending behaviour is shifting, with confidence indicators pointing firmly downward.
DINGWALL., Dingwall and Highlands Marts Ltd (September 25th) sold 4,639 Breeding and store sheep. Correct ewes (2,349) averaged £168.31 and sold to £380 gross for a pen of Cheviots from Castle Grant Home Farm, Grantown on Spey.
Car manufacturing at Jaguar Land Rover recently ground to a halt after a “catastrophic” cyber-attack. Forced to shut down plants in the UK, Slovakia, Brazil, India and China, the disruption comes at a challenging time for the company.
Mitsubishi Estate's £800 million investment will turn a former ITV Studio into a thriving creative industries hub, which is set to create 4000 new jobs in a major boost for the government's modern Industrial Strategy. Former ITV Studio on the Southbank to become thriving creative industries hub, set to create 4000 new jobs - backing government’s modern Industrial Strategy.
In the light of the latest hacker attack on a children's nursery group - Kido nursery chain have you reviewed your online presence and what information you hold. Small businesses an charities may be particularly vulnerable and lack the resources to protect them selves.
Scotland’s media industry has been hit by sweeping job losses and programme closures over the past five years, as publishers and broadcasters struggle with falling revenues, rising costs and changing audience habits. Dundee-based publisher DC Thomson cut around 300 jobs in 2023 and shut several magazine titles, in a bid to save £10m.
Views are being sought on changes to the regulation of deposits from fish and shellfish farms to simplify the consenting process. Under the current framework, responsibility for the regulation of fish farm environmental deposits between zero and three nautical miles sits with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
