
Fresh Help for Home Buyers
More than £160 million of new funding will be targeted in 2016/17 on home ownership schemes to support 5,000 households to buy their own...

Employment in Scotland at Record Levels
Employment in Scotland reached a record level towards the end of 2015, according to the latest figures from the UK Office of National...

Amendments to Strengthen Land Reform Bill
Land Reform Minister Aileen McLeod will today move 49 amendments to "further strengthen" the Land Reform Bill, as it reaches the second...

University of Glasgow Sustains Output and Jobs
According to a new independent economic impact report, the University of Glasgow sustains almost £1.5bn of output and 15,000 jobs in...

Record Numbers Completing College
The number of students studying full time for recognised college qualifications has grown by 22% since 2008-09. Figures published by the...

Pitlochry to host Finance Committee
Pitlochry’s Festival Theatre will be the venue for the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee next Monday (18 January) as it questions...

FM urges UK to bid for EU flood cash
Nicola Sturgeon has urged the UK Government to ask for a multimillion-pound cash boost from Brussels to help flood-stricken communities...

Solar Power Flares Up in North Ayrshire
More than 43,101 homes and 850 business premises in Scotland now have solar power panels installed – an increase of 28% over the past 12...

Arran & Cumbrae Fibre Broadband Boost
The first 1,400 premises in parts of Brodick, Lamlash, Shiskine and Whiting Bay in Arran and 800 in Cumbrae are now part of the brand new...

sportscotland National Centre Gets Green Light
The project to deliver the UK’s first fully-inclusive residential sports training facility took a giant leap forward as North Ayrshire...