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There's a thrill in eating tatties you have picked yourself (Picture: Maeers/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

Agritourism industry needs help from government if it is to continue to grow

Despite the launch of new number plates, cars sales in March were low by historical standards - continuing the trend seen since the start of the pandemic, the ONS noted. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Positive GDP data eases recessionary worries but outlook remains murky

The Bank of England, above, has a target to peg inflation at about 2 per cent.

Interest rates: Bank of England getting it right and wrong with latest move

Members of the public walk past the Bank of England in a window as a 0.25 per cent hike in interest rates was announced. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Bank of England hikes interest rates by 0.25% to 4.5%

The UK’s economy showed no growth in February as the nation continued to narrowly avoid dipping into a recession despite decades-high inflation.

UK economy flatlines in February as nation narrowly avoids recession

UK economy records zero growth in February - ONS

Kemi Badenoch has said the UK joining a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc is “about the potential for growth tomorrow” as she downplayed estimates suggesting the deal would boost the economy by just 0.08%.

Badenoch downplays claims UK-Asia trade pact will only boost economy by 0.08%

Gross value added (GVA) is expected to increase by 1.6 per cent over the course of 2024, helped by a 2.3 per cent increase in consumer spending, as employment and real wages recover.

Scottish economy to return to growth in 2024 as consumer spending rebounds

The Bank of England has pushed interest rates higher as it tries to put a lid on soaring prices after UK inflation unexpectedly jumped higher last month.

Bank lifts UK interest rates again but upgrades economic growth forecast

Duncan Thorp, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Social Enterprise Scotland

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Ash Regan, left, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes are standing to be the next SNP leader (Picture: Peter Devlin For Sky News via Getty Images)

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Whoever succeeds Nicola Sturgeon needs to face up to the economic problems that Scottish independence would cause (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Using figures accepted by SNP, the economic cost of independence is shocking

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Street with the despatch box after presenting his spring budget to parliament

John McLaren: Why the scene-setter Budget neither excites nor satisfies

Steve Dunlop, Non-Executive Director, Crosswind Developments

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to present his Integrated Review to MPs this afternoon. Picture: Getty Images

Global threats creating a world ‘defined by danger, disorder and division’

The UK’s economy returned to growth in January, easing fears of an impending recession ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget, official figures have shown.

UK’s economy returns to growth after rebound in January

Luxembourg's Teleport "flit between European folk, American jazz and minimalism and Eastern music." PIC: Mike Zenari

SPARK – festival to showcase talent from Luxembourg's vibrant jazz scene

Rachel Aldighieri, Managing Director, DMA UK

Upskilling is key to growth - Rachel Aldighieri

The UK Government has been urged to increase defence spending due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

UK Government urged to increase defence spending over Ukraine

The UK economy recorded zero growth between October and December last year, indicating that the country may have narrowly avoided a recession, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

UK economy narrowly avoids recession

Middle-income households will face a hit to their personal disposable income ranging from 7 per cent to 13 per cent, according to the report. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Cost-of-living crisis: quarter of UK homes will struggle to pay bills in 2023/24

Economic recovery out of the North Sea could yet prove a boost to Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Why Scotland may yet emerge quicker from economic gloom than rest of UK

Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, is at the heart of the Scottish Government's U-turn on trans prisoners (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Scotsman Letters: Is it really a case of a trans is a man for a’ that?

Dismal weather heralds the arrival of the UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as people shop in the centre of Bolton.

UK economy will be the only one to shrink in 2023, warns IMF

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt last week talked up the UK economy and its growth prospects in his first major speech in the post

UK only major economy to shrink in 2023 - IMF

Experts at the ONS said the slight rise in gross domestic product (GDP) was supported by a strong showing by pubs and bars amid a boost from the winter World Cup in Qatar.

Recession 'delayed, not cancelled' after UK economy notches up November growth

A teacher and students in a classroom in Scotland. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

How do the world’s best-ranked education systems run their schools?

Deputy Scottish First Minister John Swinney delivers the Scottish Budget for 2023-24 to the Scottish Parliament earlier this month (Picture: Andrew Cowan/pool/Getty Images)

Swinney's sleight of hand can’t hide damage he’s doing to economy – Murdo Fraser

Rob Williamson lives in Taiwan with his wife Xenia Wu and their son, Charlie.

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The hospitality and tourism sector, encompassing the likes of pubs, hotels and restaurants, has been facing massive inflationary pressures.

Hospitality and tourism firms hardest hit amid soaring food and energy inflation

Britain’s economy grew by 0.5% between September and October in a rebound from a 0.6% contraction the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics.

UK economy bounces back in October, but shrinks overall as recessions looms- ONS

A man pushes his bike on a snow-covered street next to destroyed residential buildings in Borodyanka, near Kyiv, earlier this month (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

As casualties mount, Ukraine needs a winter peace drive – Kenny MacAskill

Large parts of the service sector were hit hard by the pandemic and have struggled to recover since. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

UK economic picture 'stubbornly unchanged' as service sector contracts

Andrew Bowie MP

Why we can sell more of what's made in Scotland to the world - Andrew Bowie

David Alexander

Are we in danger of talking up a housing market collapse? - David Alexander

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has near absolute power in the country currently hosting the FIFA World Cup.

Everything you need to know about Qatar’s politics and laws

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak congratulates Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt after he delivered his autumn statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Thursday November 17, 2022.

Key points from Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement and how they will impact you

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt departs Downing Street to present the Autumn Statement to the House of Commons. Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images

Autumn statement: Hunt confirms UK officially in recession

The firm was found to have supported 6,300 jobs in Scotland, including more than 3,500 directly employed, in the year. Picture: Peter Devlin.

Defence group Babcock boosted Scottish economy by £370m in year to March

A shrinking economy is 'dreadful' news for under-pressure firms, according to one commentator (file image). Picture: Hollie Adams/AFP via Getty Images.

Businesses face even harder balancing act as GDP tightrope wobbles - comment

The people whose factories have belched pollution into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution did not act as Scots, English or French but as capitalists (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Brian Wilson: 'Reparations' have big implications. There's much to apologise for

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (centre), alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, (centre right) holding his first Cabinet meeting. Picture: Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Economy shrinks in 'wake-up call' for Rishi Sunak as recession 'starts'

A Ukrainian artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut earlier this week (Picture: Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotsman: Ukraine War shows why we must not forget the lessons of past conflicts

Interest rates have increased in a bid to control rising inflation

Bank of England raises interest rates as UK sinks into recession

The Bank of England in the city of London. The latest data means the economy is on track to contract overall in the third quarter

UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in August as recession risk rises

If the UK Government's 2.5 per cent growth target is not recognised as realistic then Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's 'ironclad commitment to fiscal discipline' is dead in the water (Picture: Daniel Sorabji/AFP via Getty Images)

Truss's tax and spending cuts will not boost economic growth – John McLaren

Prime Minister Liz Truss (left) in the BBC studio in Birmingham to appear on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, as the Conservative Party annual conference gets underway

Truss says she has 'learned from' the economic turmoil sparked by mini-Budget

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng will meet with the head of the Office of Budget Responsibility today

Truss and Kwarteng to meet with OBR as ONS says economy grew in second quarter

The Pound is at an all-time low against the Dollar.

Emergency interest rate rise predicted as Chancellor to set out plan

Prime Minister Liz Truss had admitted she does not expect trade deal negotiations with the US to recommence in the 'short to medium term' (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Truss admission confirms fantasy of easy US trade deal – Martyn McLaughlin

"There isn’t a cat in hell's chance of a serious lowering of the tax burden," argues John McLaren. Picture: Getty Images

John McLaren: There isn’t a cat in hell's chance of a serious lowering of tax

Electro Pipes were one of the non-traditional turns at this year's Edinburgh Military Tattoo (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Readers' Letters: Military Tattoo has become too entertaining

Ralf Ellspermann, CEO of PITON-Global

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Shoppers in Princes Street, Edinburgh. Picture: Ian Georgeson/JP Resell

Scotland's falling population and ‘acute’ pressures set to hit GDP growth

Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney need to face economic reality (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Beware SNP’s Brexiteer-style spinning of new economic figures – John McLaren

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has cited the North Sea windfall tax amid arguments over deficits outlined in the latest GERS figures

GERS figures: Scotland's deficit drops, but still twice that of UK

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Margaret Ferrier (left) on the campaign trail with former first minister Nicola Sturgeon in 2019, when she remained a SNP MP. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

By-election looms as ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier loses appeal against suspension

Members of UNISON and UCU on a picket line outside Glasgow School of Art.

Scottish university principals share pay rises worth more than £300k

Wealthy corporations and forestry companies dominated Scotland's rural market and have dramatically driving up land prices, a Scottish Land Commission study has said

'Secret sales' and wealthy corporations drive most land sales in Scotland