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Business sentiment in Scotland has entered negative territory for the first time since the end of 2020 according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor report, with 70 per cent of businesses expecting growth in the Scottish economy to be weak or very weak over the coming year. The

Tackling climate change should be a top priority for the UK government after addressing the cost-of-living crisis and NHS waiting lists, according to a new survey of nearly 6,000 adults in the UK.

Subscribers to the free daily newsletter from our sister publication Scottish Housing News, the news service for Scotland's social housing sector, have exceeded 9,000 for the first time with 113 new readers last month taking the figure to 9,087. Unique visitors to the SHN website over the last three

The Scottish government has said the procedure for handling formal complaints by civil servants about a current or former minister’s behaviour will be updated again to improve transparency. The current procedure was introduced in February 2022 in response to a review arising from the scandal o

Families of loved ones killed abroad are to receive additional support at a time “when people need help the most”. The Scottish government is providing grant funding to Victim Support Scotland which provides a specialist service offering financial and emotional support to families reside

Views on juryless trials made in response to a consultation were mixed, according to a new report. An analysis of the three-month consultation on improving peoples’ experience of the justice system found “support across the board” for giving complainers in sexual offence cases an a

Almost £3.4 billion will be invested across the justice system in 2023-24 to fund front-line services, provide continued support for victims and witnesses, and to tackle the causes of offending, the Scottish government has announced. The funding represents an increase of £165 million or

Two new non-executive directors (NEDs) have been appointed to the Supreme Court. Scottish accountant Iain Lanaghan has been appointed as the lead NED. His appointment comes as Kathryn Cearns stands down after five years as a NED and chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.

The Scottish Parliament will consider stage three of the Hunting with Dogs Bill tomorrow. The bill was introduced last year, two decades after a failed attempt by the Scottish Parliament to ban hunting with the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act, back in 2002.

All we have heard from the Scottish government is "froth and rage" over the UK government's veto of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, a former Supreme Court justice has said. Writing in The Sunday Times, Lord Sumption says that "the suggestion that the UK government’s veto is an a

A Scottish government bill has come under fire for failing to define simple legal concepts. The Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill seeks to reduce the number of prisoners on remand but risks creating bad law, Scottish Labour has warned.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has set out the Scottish government’s opposition to the UK government’s Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. In a letter to UK Enterprise, Markets and Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP, Mr Swinney says the bill will further undermine and wea

The cost-of-doing-business crisis remains the overriding concern for Scottish firms according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor report, which showed a glimmer of hope with overall business sentiment returning to positive territory after slipping into the red last year. Produc

The legal aid package announced by the Scottish government is not a "product of agreement", contrary to ministers' suggestion that it is, the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) has told SLN. Last week the government announced that solicitor groups had "agreed to an £11 million pac

The number of companies filing for administration in Scotland fell by a quarter in 2022 despite rising inflation, weaker trade and geopolitical uncertainty continuing to put businesses under pressure. Analysis of notices in The Gazette by Interpath Advisory reveals that a total of 32 companies fell