TWENTY-FIVE years ago this month the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 was passed, receiving royal assent to go on the statute book on July 31, 1998. The resultant national minimum wage was introduced on April 1 the following year. Source

As runaway climate change alters the physical experience of summer, possibly permanently, people from these shores are navigating how or whether to travel abroad, and some minds are turning to what this means for Scotland. Like in most things we are anywhere between twenty and fifty years too late in our thinking. As Italy and […] Source

Dr Robbie Mochrie is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Heriot-Watt University and a frequent contributor to the National on the Scottish economy.  Achieving wellbeing has been at the heart of economics since Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations nearly 250 years ago. Believing that wealth was the source of wellbeing, Adam Smith explored […] Source

MR Ross has worked a total of 3,940 hours in additional roles since 2019, an investigation has revealed. …

Scotland’s very simple choice – if Humza Yousaf doesn’t prevent it London has always said that the Union is based on consent and that Scotland can leave if its consent is withdrawn. Scotland has never voted for independence, although it can do so at any general election if a party gives the option clearly, unequivocally […] Source

Probably you’ve seen the images of the floods from around the world – cars flowing down rivers that were once roads they had driven up, people sat on top of their roof waiting for rescue boats, fields that held the potential to feed hundreds becoming lakes. And in day to day life, so many of […] Source

THE session took place at the New Elgin and Ashcroft Public Hall …

The A96 was closed for a number of hours last night in relation to the incident. …

A NATION-WIDE pub chain is expanding one of its Glasgow pubs and with it creating 40 new jobs. Source

OWNERS of a number of popular hospitality venues in Glasgow have U-turned on the decision to give their staff a pay cut. Source

Returning from holiday to survey the British and Scottish political landscape is to look across a weird space where little of value or hope or integrity shines through. Every day Sir Keir Starmer seems to abandon any redeeming policies and fold to England’s tabloid Overton Window. Today – in  a pitiful excuse for Starmer abandoning […] Source

BREWDOG has said it plans to triple the size of its bars and hotels business … Source

THE Canadian government has recalled supplies of one of the world’s most popular new energy drinks after determining that it contains too much caffeine in a single serving. Source