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Duncan Thorp, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Social Enterprise Scotland

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Ash Regan, left, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes are standing to be the next SNP leader (Picture: Peter Devlin For Sky News via Getty Images)

Will SNP pick the new Sturgeon, new Salmond or possibly their version of Truss?

Whoever succeeds Nicola Sturgeon needs to face up to the economic problems that Scottish independence would cause (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Using figures accepted by SNP, the economic cost of independence is shocking

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Street with the despatch box after presenting his spring budget to parliament

John McLaren: Why the scene-setter Budget neither excites nor satisfies

Steve Dunlop, Non-Executive Director, Crosswind Developments

Ad Feature Edinburgh must show ambition to remain globally competitive

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to present his Integrated Review to MPs this afternoon. Picture: Getty Images

Global threats creating a world ‘defined by danger, disorder and division’

The UK’s economy returned to growth in January, easing fears of an impending recession ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget, official figures have shown.

UK’s economy returns to growth after rebound in January

Luxembourg's Teleport "flit between European folk, American jazz and minimalism and Eastern music." PIC: Mike Zenari

SPARK – festival to showcase talent from Luxembourg's vibrant jazz scene

Rachel Aldighieri, Managing Director, DMA UK

Upskilling is key to growth - Rachel Aldighieri

The UK Government has been urged to increase defence spending due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

UK Government urged to increase defence spending over Ukraine

The UK economy recorded zero growth between October and December last year, indicating that the country may have narrowly avoided a recession, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

UK economy narrowly avoids recession

Middle-income households will face a hit to their personal disposable income ranging from 7 per cent to 13 per cent, according to the report. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Cost-of-living crisis: quarter of UK homes will struggle to pay bills in 2023/24

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has near absolute power in the country currently hosting the FIFA World Cup.

Everything you need to know about Qatar’s politics and laws

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak congratulates Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt after he delivered his autumn statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Thursday November 17, 2022.

Key points from Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement and how they will impact you

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt departs Downing Street to present the Autumn Statement to the House of Commons. Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images

Autumn statement: Hunt confirms UK officially in recession

The firm was found to have supported 6,300 jobs in Scotland, including more than 3,500 directly employed, in the year. Picture: Peter Devlin.

Defence group Babcock boosted Scottish economy by £370m in year to March

A shrinking economy is 'dreadful' news for under-pressure firms, according to one commentator (file image). Picture: Hollie Adams/AFP via Getty Images.

Businesses face even harder balancing act as GDP tightrope wobbles - comment

The people whose factories have belched pollution into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution did not act as Scots, English or French but as capitalists (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Brian Wilson: 'Reparations' have big implications. There's much to apologise for

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (centre), alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, (centre right) holding his first Cabinet meeting. Picture: Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Economy shrinks in 'wake-up call' for Rishi Sunak as recession 'starts'

A Ukrainian artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut earlier this week (Picture: Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotsman: Ukraine War shows why we must not forget the lessons of past conflicts

Interest rates have increased in a bid to control rising inflation

Bank of England raises interest rates as UK sinks into recession

The Bank of England in the city of London. The latest data means the economy is on track to contract overall in the third quarter

UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in August as recession risk rises

If the UK Government's 2.5 per cent growth target is not recognised as realistic then Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's 'ironclad commitment to fiscal discipline' is dead in the water (Picture: Daniel Sorabji/AFP via Getty Images)

Truss's tax and spending cuts will not boost economic growth – John McLaren

Prime Minister Liz Truss (left) in the BBC studio in Birmingham to appear on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, as the Conservative Party annual conference gets underway

Truss says she has 'learned from' the economic turmoil sparked by mini-Budget

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng will meet with the head of the Office of Budget Responsibility today

Truss and Kwarteng to meet with OBR as ONS says economy grew in second quarter

The Pound is at an all-time low against the Dollar.

Emergency interest rate rise predicted as Chancellor to set out plan

Prime Minister Liz Truss had admitted she does not expect trade deal negotiations with the US to recommence in the 'short to medium term' (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Truss admission confirms fantasy of easy US trade deal – Martyn McLaughlin

The Bank of England has projected that the United Kingdom's economy will enter a recession at the end of the year.

UK to fall into longest recession since financial crisis as interest rates rise

Fears are building of a stormy period for the UK economy and consumers. Picture: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire

Recession fears stoked by key survey showing economy 'running on empty'

The Bank of England has raised its interest base rate to the highest point since the start of 2009 as the cost of living continues to soar.

Bank of England raises UK interest rate to 1.25%

Fears have been raised over the future of jobs at Grangemouth

Ministers 'focused on future-proofing' Grangemouth amid fears over jobs

Neptune Energy currently operates around 11 per cent of the UK’s gas supply from fields in the UK’s Southern North Sea and the Norwegian North Sea.

Neptune to spend £800 million-plus to help secure UK energy supplies

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, said he recognised the "hardship" facing many people. Picture: Frank Augstein/WPA Pool/Getty

Recession fears grow as Bank of England hikes interest rate to 13 year high

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Ferguson Marine shipyard, where two ferries for the Clyde and Hebrides network are being built.

SNP ministers and Sturgeon heavily criticised in damning report on ferry fiasco

Scotland's Deputy First Minister and temporary Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy, John Swinney MSP, sat next to First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, as he delivers the Scottish Budget to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Report details a sorry saga the Scottish Government must learn lessons from

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf doesn't seem to be taking junior doctors seriously (Picture: Fraser Bremner/pool/Getty Images)

A junior doctors strike in Scotland is now very likely – Dr Chris Smith