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The survey, Understanding Scotland, interviewed more than 2,000 adults about their finances

Concern over rising prices is high across the working-age population

A new poll has found that 82% of Scots would describe climate change as a 'global emergency', with just 12% disagreeing.

Proponents of the ‘wellbeing economy’ want Scotland to move away from the endless cycle of free markets and redistribution – and towards an economy th...

SCOTLAND is lagging behind its competitors and action is needed from business and government to help steer recovery, competitiveness and sustainable…

The grouse shooting industry is putting other Scottish animals in the wild at serious risk, writes campaigner Max Wiszniewski.

PREMIUM The Federation of Small Businesses wants the next Scottish Government to pilot bread funds, a collective insurance scheme where the self-employed help each other in hard times A HOLLAND-derived scheme where the self-employed support each other financially through ill health, injury or loss of earnings, should be piloted by the next Scottish Government to address shortcomings in support. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSA) in Scotland has suggested a collective insurance scheme ...

Help exists to protect you from the misery of Council Tax debt Council Tax debt is the single most common type of debt that the Scottish CAB network sees One year, one week and one day ago I was standing in my native Dundee with a troupe of Citizens Advice colleagues alongside a statue of Desperate Dan. No, we weren’t offering official advice on the proper baking of cow pies. We were launching a new online tool that helps people to make savings on their Council Tax, writes Miles Fitt. Why...

Call to action as major probe reveals shifts in attitudes caused by pandemic crisis.

A RECENT poll which appeared to show a majority of Scots oppose independence has brought the “whole political polling industry into disrepute”,…