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Val Brown reports on the inspiring work of EcoVeg, a farming collective that ignores caste, class and gender

Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One (eOne) has been acquired by US toy company Hasbro for about £3.3 billion.

It’s amazing what time in the wilderness can do. When we first met A, she was nervous, suspicious and clearly intent on ­keeping us at arm’s length. She’d come to us as part of our Venture Mòr Wilderness Therapy programme – offered to young people who are ­having trouble engaging with or accessing mainstream services and who want to make sense of what’s going on for them emotionally.

Famous for being the birthplace of Rabbie Burns, Robert the Bruce and Johnnie Walker Whisky, Ayrshire is now making a name for itself as the place to go for some of the country’s best food and drink experiences and producers.

Luxury chocolatier Hotel Chocolat will open a new branch in Livingston at the end of August.

Thirty-eight years after collecting the first Perrier Comedy Award (now known as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards) as a member of Fringe sketch troupe Cambridge Footlights, Hugh Laurie returned to Scotland’s capital to pick up a rather different prize.

Two Scottish attractions have been named in a list of the world’s “greatest places” of 2019.

Celebrating the talent of both established and up-and-coming comedians performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the awards are now in their 39th year.

Fintech is challenging and re-shaping traditional operating models, products, processes and customer experiences across the entire financial services industry.

Scotland’s food and drink sector has become a national success story. For an industry that is now worth £15 billion a year to Scotland’s economy and has been a star performer over the last decade, there is a big question in front of us: what next?

Running from 1998 to 2000, the cult of Louis Theroux began with Weird Weekends, the documentary maker’s unorthodox but tongue-in-cheek series of BBC Two programmes.

With just a few days to go, the excitement is building for the first long distance race to be held in Kirkcaldy for nearly 30 years.

North-east entrepreneur and recipient of a major Food Pioneer award, Calum Richardson is showing what can be done when local businesses place sustainable sourcing and environmental practices at the heart of their business.

Marcus Pickering is an entrepreneur who knows all about the importance of seizing opportunities when they come along.