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John Healey leaves 11 Downing Street with (second left-right) Financial Secretary to the Treasury James Murray, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds, Economic Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Dan Tomlinson before delivering his first Budget to the Houses of Parliament

Analysis Healey’s standstill Budget highlights a debilitating fiscal status quo

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Edinburgh’s working age population rose by 33,000 between 2014 and 2024 (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

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‘Particularly concerning’ figures show fall in Scotland’s scale-up businesses

The World Cup provided a boost in June

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Petrol prices have soared

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Four in five workers fear losing their job as cost-of-living pressures intensify

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Economist believe the Bank of England, above, is poised to move on interest rates.

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Scotland’s unemployment rate was calculated to be 3.9% for June to August - lower than the UK rate of 4.8% over this period.

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Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speaks to the SNP conference in Aberdeen.

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While the headline CPI rate was unchanged, the annual rate of food and drink inflation rose in August, as shoppers continued to face higher prices for many items at the till. Picture: Greg Macvean

UK inflation: What a steady 3.8% rate means for interest rates and mortgages

Many operators in the UK's crucial hospitality sector are facing last orders amid rising costs and weak consumer demand.

Hospitality job losses to hit ‘devastating’ 111,000 by November’s Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will not deliver her Budget until the end of November. Picture Leon Neal/Getty Images

Exclusive Scottish firms in plea for help as Budget delay limbo hits hard

Shoppers in Glasgow city centre

Ministers take note: Crippling taxation will only drive down growth Scotsman comment

Shoppers will have noticed the cost of some food items continuing to rise. Picture: Greg Macvean

UK inflation: Where now for interest rates as prices hit near 18-month high

Scottish areas offer faster route to homeownership

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The 9 places in Scotland where houses prices are rising fastest

Aberdeen named the cheapest UK city to buy a home in 2025

Aberdeen named the cheapest UK city to buy a home in 2025, new study shows

Scotland Leads Footfall Recovery Across UK Town Centres

Scotland Leads Footfall Recovery Across UK Town Centres

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the figures showed Labour’s plan was working

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Housing emergency alert is fine - but real action desperately needed Scotsman leader comment

A new Government survey indicates transport & storage sector firms are switching their focus from green deliveries to AI, says Parcelhero

Scottish transport & storage firms are ditching green policies in favour of AI

David J Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd (Picture: Laurence Winram)

Housing market snapshot highlights blight of homelessness

Policymakers are due to meet at the Bank of England, above, on May 8 but economic storm clouds have been gathering.

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Factories showed a particular turnaround in activity in the latest GDP data.

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Scottish Borders named UK’s fifth most screen-obsessed area

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Shoppers in Glasgow

Taxation now biggest concern for Scottish businesses, survey shows

Shoppers will have noticed that while some items have come down in price in recent months many are still rising.

UK inflation: Will a bigger-than-expected fall prompt an interest rate cut?

Scots most confident in UK of working until retirement - but there is a catch

Driving gender balance in the built environment

Scotland's population is set to rise by millions in the next few years, says Kelly Hardman

Right balance of workers is vital for Scotland’s future

The Covid pandemic normalised working from home (Picture: Adobe)

Despite the debate, hybrid working is here to stay

Scots entrepreneur Gavin Bell saw the successful acquisition of his advertising agency Yatter by Liverpool e-commerce specialists Velstar in the latter part of 2024.

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Former Asda and Marks & Spencer chief executive Lord Stuart Rose has said remote working policies have spawned a generation who are “not doing proper work”.

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We have regressed in this country in terms of working practices, productivity and in terms of the country’s wellbeing, I think, by 20 years in the last four” - ...

An under-pressure Chancellor will welcome the news that the annual rate of consumer prices index (CPI) inflation fell to 2.5 per cent last month from 2.6 per cent in November. Most analysts had been expecting the inflation rate to remain unchanged but a fall in hotel prices helped offset a jump in the cost of fuel last month.

Analysis Truth about December’s inflation dip - and why it might not last long

The Scottish Government pointed to the impact of Brexit and UK immigration rules

Scots firms under more pressure than UK counterparts, stats suggest

Analysts say food and drink inflation, added to fuel rises, have driven this bump in inflation.

Analysis What rates and inflation double whammy means just before Christmas

Bruce Laidlaw, Operations Director at Russell Roof Tiles

Search for new recruits to meet construction growth

Women in Scotland can now expect to earn a “scandalous” £3000 less per year than men, a trade union has warned, as the mean gender pay gap rose by 30 per cent.

Women in Scotland earn £3,000 less per year than men as pay gap soars

Visitors peer out at the view from Edinburgh's Salisbury Crags. Picture: VisitScotland/Kenny Lam

Scotland top choice for international visitors as spending jumps

Inflation in the UK decreased last month to 1.7%, according to official data.

Interest rate cut ‘nailed on’ after inflation falls to three-year low

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UK inflation drops below Bank of England target: what it means for you

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones

Explainer What surprise inflation drop means for spending, saving and mortgages

Three Scottish council areas are among the UK top 10 for the highest proportion of adult smokers.

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With UK a 'declining state', Scotland's young generation knows independence is the answer, John Swinney wrote in The Scotsman (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: SNP government is reason people of Scotland feel let down

Analysis What 2.2% inflation means for rates, your mortgage and savings

People carrying shopping bags on Buchanan Street in Glasgow city centre. UK government borrowing soared to 3.1 billion pounds last month. Picture: John Linton/PA Wire

SNP's blunt message on public service cuts as borrowing hits £3.1bn

City workers walk past the Bank of England in London (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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