ONE of Scotland’s leading businessmen has died aged 66. Mohammad Ramzan, chairman of United Wholesale Grocers Limited, passed away at his residence in Pakistan on Wednesday morning. Source

Union hits out at Scottish Government and councils. …

THE health board issued an update on dental services in the region to Moray MSP Richard Lochhead. …

PORTGORDON Primary has been praised as a "friendly, warm and welcoming school" by inspectors. …

Gordon Brown is obviously a very clever man. But why is there something so strange about his widely lauded proposals today? (How do we raise trillions of dollars to fight the climate crisis? The answer is staring us in the face).They seem to operate in a world with no history or power, or relations between […] Source

Did you wonder where you’d gone? Scotland is here given the Atlantis treatment by Midshipman and human-labrador Ben Fogle. Despite being one of the signatories pleading Scotland to ‘stay‘ in 2014* (along with luminaries such as Kirstie Allsop, John Barrowman, Dickie Bird, Gyles Brandreth, Ronnie Corbett, Tracey Emin, Toms Holland and Hollander, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Rod […] Source

TWO things happened last week on the energy front that are not entirely unrelated. First, Rishi Sunak rolled back on targets for moving towards net-zero CO2 emissions. But second, the price of oil on international markets jumped to its highest point this year. No, folks, fossil fuels have Source

The Long 1980s never seems to ever end, but a sign of that era’s departure into the rear view mirror came this week with the announcement of the retiral (ish) of Rupert Murdoch. No-one personified the era of conflict, strife and the debasement of public life than Murdoch and his rancid media empire. Rupert Murdoch […] Source

AMERICAN fast-food chain Popeyes launched its first Scottish restaurant last week – prompting Glaswegians to queue for 18 hours overnight to taste its signature chicken burgers. Source

A HOUSE overlooking the world-famous Gleneagles golf course and said to be worth more than £3,500,000 is to be given away … Source

AS Westminster politicians cross the Border to tell us how to vote, we must remind ourselves that they are not here seeking to advance but instead to contain or diminish Scotland’s interests. They come to promote their own interests. Source

RISHI Sunak was forced into making a speech yesterday because its content had already been leaked … Source

Many people across Scotland including businesses and experts have not got their heads around “Brexit 2.0”: the new thicket of regulations that will be painful barriers to trade in goods and services with the EU. It is terrible news for the Scottish economy – but the fact that it is looming will boost the strength […] Source