Big Ideas

The Christmas holidays have just concluded but the ­consequences – a few pounds around the waistline and lots of unrecyclable wrapping paper – will unfortunately last longer.

Electric cars are very much in vogue. Diesel seems to be coming to an end. This particularly dirty fuel that was to help cut emissions and save the planet appears to be burning itself out as emissions tests were allegedly rigged and particulate filters come under scrutiny.

Loneliness and isolation are huge problems across Scotland. At V&A Dundee we are working with school pupils to design new solutions to these ­problems, which The Scotsman’s ­festive campaign this year also directly addresses.

Link to full e-magazine editions of recent Scotsman Special Reports.

The Scotsman's panel of key players in the finance industry shared collaborative views on tackling financial exclusion.

The Scotsman’s quarterly business magazine Vision Scotland is a window on Scottish innovation, collaboration and responsible business, and this latest issue is dedicated to funding and finance across all sectors.

Sean Duffy, of Barclays Corporate Banking, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing forward-thinking firms targeting Scotland’s full-fibre roll out.

A University of Edinburgh spin-out that turns difficult-to-recycle paper waste into a product that boosts green energy production has secured “milestone” funding as part of an ambitious growth plan.

Scotland’s first “business decelerator” is set to take place this weekend in a bid to “inspire creativity and breakthrough innovation”.

Dundee's V&A museum has unveiled a vast new installation partly built by robots to herald the opening of a new exhibition exploring how they are changing the world.

It’s easy to be wowed by the potential of precision medicine. By analysing a patient’s genes and harnessing the latest imaging technology, clinicians aim to give the right treatment at the right time, shedding the current scattergun approach of trying various medicines or therapies until they find the one that works best for a given individual.

Tesco is powering ahead with its green energy promise after inking a trio of deals with EDF Renewables that will expand onshore wind capacity in Scotland.

Arts quango Creative Scotland has revealed that its acting chief executive, Iain Munro, is to be given the job on a permanent basis - 15 months after his predecessor quit after widespread criticism over its handling of public money.

Jonathan Harris of Young Company Finance, which tracks early-stage high-growth enterprises in Scotland, lists the ten biggest deals made within the country during 2019

LP Hartley’s mid-20th century novel, The Go-Between, is now largely forgotten, but its memorable epigraph is readily recalled by so many: “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”

Looking at the headline figures on the value of deals done in the first half of this year, it would seem that oil and gas were particularly active, but analysis shows there is more to the investment story in Scotland.

As this year has progressed, the turmoil around Brexit has intensified and made it increasingly difficult to predict the future for all businesses and for investors to pick out the performers most likely to excel.

A Scottish agri-tech business behind ground-breaking “vertical farming” technology has attracted fresh seven-figure funding.