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The team at Legasea, one of the firms backed by the Investment Fund for Scotland

Smaller firms are central to Scotland's industrial economy

Borders Book Festival.

Book festival suffered 'significant blow' after Baillie Gifford exit

Food and drink independents leading on growth

New College Lanarkshire

Scotland's colleges suffer a near-200% increase in fiscal deficit

The oil refinery at Grangemouth closed last year (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Ministers admit none of promised £200m has been spent on Grangemouth

Scottish funding at work in Democratic Republic of Congo

The Scottish humanitarian charities facing global disasters head-on

Tony Lankester, chief executive of the Fringe Society.

Edinburgh festivals move step closer to 25% boost from tourist tax

Glasgow University

'Bleak': Universities 'not sustainable' under current funding model

Louise Licznerski with some of the children at Little Bugs nursery in West Lothian.

Inside the childcare funding crisis in West Lothian

The three barriers to growth - by a Scottish scale-up success story

How Simple Online Healthcare rapidly scaled from its Glasgow base

Duncan Findlater, Amy Findlater, Ben Reade and Hollie Love Reid

New £170k East Lothian mill to connect Scottish farmers and bakers

Bryce Cunningham, farmer and owner of Mossgiel Organic Farm near Mauchline is pictured in a field with some of his herd of Ayrshire cows.

Milk prices set to soar as Scotland plugs English drought shortage

Funding gap widens as investors become more selective

The Edinburgh festivals called for more funding from the visitor levy.

Edinburgh visitor tax levy festivals crunch meeting postponed

Jenny Gilruth (Jane Barlow/PA)

Public spending in Scotland £2,720 higher per person than UK average

Mhari Douglas with son Jacob (left) and Stephanie and Dale McDowell (right).

Parents 'drowning' as children stuck on years-long CAMHS waiting lists

Scottish start-up is putting a Full Stop to period waste thanks to support from Business Gateway East Renfrewshire

Scottish start-up is putting a Full Stop to period waste thanks to support from ...

Scotland food & drink

Scotland Food & Drink launches campaigns to drive tourism to Dundee and Borders

Architect's impression of The Cabrach Distillery and Heritage Centre (1)

Multi million pound funding announced for The Cabrach Distillery and Heritage Ce...

Reuben Chesters, MD, Locavore (LR)

Scots business Locavore secures £850k funding to meet demand for ethical food

brewgooder panto beers

Brewgooder launches selection box of panto-themed beers - with proceeds going t...

John O’Groats whisky distillery

Planning permission secured for project aiming to build Scotland's most northerl...

Falkirk tennis Club's Junior ranks have never been better. Picture: Alan Murray

Falkirk tennis club junior squad is thriving and breaking a 125-year-old record ...

Tim Horton's

Tim Hortons brewing up three new Scottish locations thanks to funding

The new Gorebridge Beacon, set to open later this year.

Funding secured for Beacon grounds

Exercise classes are just one way to improve the lives of elderly people but councils could do much more by looking at the services they provide and making changes in many areas of care

Keith Robson: Don't forget the old when you vote

Proof opiates are useful for chronic back pain 'lacking'

The Â£1.4million luxury new vehicle

Â£1.4 million super catamaran to join hunt for '˜Nessie'

Former MoD Cold War station at Gallan Head

Cold War surveillance post opened to public through crowdfunding

UK Sport has stripped basketball of all financial support. Picture: Getty

Olympics: Basketball one of four to get the chop

Glover: Horizon 2020 represents an unparalleled opportunity. Picture: Julie Bull

£60bn small business funding ‘there to be won’

Overall mortgage lending remains 'subdued' because homeowners are making high repayments on their loans, the BBA said. Picture: PA

Mortgage approvals 30 per cent higher than last year

Mortgage approvals are at a five-year high. Picture: Jane Barlow

Mortgage lending hits five-year high

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Housebuilders unveil strong profits growth

First-time buyers returning to housing market

Comment: Hindsight, what a wonderful word for bankers

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Jeff Salway: Banks use Funding for Lending to line their own pockets

RBS losses: Mis-selling scandal pay-outs mean bank losses hit £15 billion barrie...

RBS losses: Mis-selling scandal pay-outs mean bank losses hit £15 billion barrie...

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Funding is a tasty treat for Leith cafe

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Single police unit saves UK economy £140 million
A UNIT of the Metropolitan Police has saved the UK economy more than £140 million in the past six months and is well on course to exceed its four year “harm r...

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BAT in £277m swoop on Colombian rival

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College set to lose 10% of staff as funding cuts bite

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Funding equips youngsters to cope in great outdoors

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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