Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund RedBird IMI has paved the way to take control of the Telegraph and Spectator publications after agreeing loans to repay debts owed by previous owners, the Barclay family. Source

The SNP have called on the UK Government to rule out any further duty increase on whisky ahead of the Chancellor’s autumn statement. Source

BRITISH Airways is facing accusations it is “profiteering from misery” as a Scottish family were charged £5000 for flights to Britain after fleeing Gaza. Source

MOST small and medium size businesses in the UK say Brexit has had a negative impact, a major new survey has found. Source

Combine harvesters were the farm vehicles hardest hit by harvest fires, with the number of fires doubling on the previous year. …

PEOPLE in Moray struggling with the cost of living crisis now have a new source of support and advice. …

THE 54-year-old man was stopped in Fochabers "due to the manner of driving" on Sunday. …

FIVE Scottish fish and chip shops have been honoured as the best in the country in prestigious food and drink awards … Source

The Tory meltdown is offering up a roll-call of incompetent, self serving failures, people you’ve never heard of, and people you hoped you’d never hear of again. Such has the party’s shift to the right that people like David Cameron are (re) presented to you as centrists, his actual time in office erased. Down the […] Source

A SCOTTISH manufacturer and online retailer of reusable nappies, swimwear nappies and related accessories has collapsed into liquidation, with all 47 staff made redundant. Source

A few notes on what just happened. Having been gaslit all week by the Tories and their press we are continuing to be gaslit about the events of the last 48 hours. We are being told that – somehow – the largely peaceful protest of between 800,000 and one million people marching to demand peace […] Source

All members of staff at a Scottish firm have been made redundant after the company went into administration. Source