Land value tax could boost efforts to diversify ownership, say researchers

‘I do not think that now is the time to pass on cuts to the richest in society’

Threat to 845 jobs a blow to Scottish town recovering from industrial decline

Small businesses report fall in confidence in third quarter amid Brexit fears

Public satisfaction with services drops as Nicola Sturgeon unveils programme for government

Edinburgh targets boost to annual capital spending of 1% of GDP by 2026

Scottish capital weighs tourist tax and controls on lettings to ease burden

Deficit stands in contrast to 1.9% level for UK as a whole

Shooting season delayed as extreme weather affects bird numbers

Edinburgh’s revenues now closely linked to nation’s economic performance

First minister says her party should focus its energy on winning over sceptics

Tory hostility towards migrants damages Scotland, says first minister

Study opens party to charges of accepting austerity as price of leaving the UK

Holyrood wants power to set its own regime

UK spending cuts, Brexit and immigration curbs blamed on GDP forecast of less than 1%

Confidence is booming but China’s graft crackdown and Brexit fears test business

Wilson report acknowledges greater fiscal challenges in splitting from UK

Currency phase-out and an annual ‘solidarity payment’ among recommendations

Nicola Sturgeon claims the most ambitious climate change goals in the world

High-tech Speyside complex is part of £500m investment in Macallan brand

Drink pricing laws from Edinburgh crack open chance for English alcohol arbitrage