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St Andrews was ranked the top university in the guide after a strong performance across all league table metrics – including high entry standards.

EcoFlow is taking aim at household energy bills with a new 5kWh home battery that stores solar power for when families need it most.

For many years, payroll was viewed as a back-office function focused on accuracy, compliance and paying employees correctly and on time, writes Karen Thomson, Partner and Head of Payroll, Armstrong Watson

The SNP needs to recognise that the most credible pathway to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions involves nuclear power

Roz Foyer says employers have an ‘aversion’ to equal pay.

Ricky Bell has been told by Scotland’s only non-white MP that failing to do so ‘is basically putting minorities like the one I am from the in firing line’

There seems to be a new whisky release almost daily, as we say goodbye to summer.

Canada and the EU are moving towards the creation of an alliance dedicated to ‘freedom, solidarity, prosperity, sustainability’ that other countries can join.

Torness nuclear power station is due to cease generation in 2030 - amid fears Scotland will lose skilled workers, investment and be more reliant on gas to keep the lights on.

No submission made to competition authorities six months after ministers announced plans to hand shipyard orders

The statement signed by the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein in Cardiff outlined a better future for the nations of these islands but the reaction from some quarters was decidedly hostile, writes Joyce McMillan

Canada is showing the UK the way with its moves to become an associate member of the EU, a reader says

Scotch whisky is the jewel in the crown of UK food and drink exports but Labour may have just undermined that status

Wilma and David Finlay are pioneering a radical new approach to dairy farming

He had a surprise visit from the Biffa team in Inverness

The full council met to discuss the Third Party Cultural Grant Funding proposals

Acting Labour leader Dame Jackie Baillie accuses John Swinney of ‘dishonest’ and ‘broken promises’ on ambulance waiting times

The King hosted a summit at Dumfries House where tech leaders, government ministers and a representative of The Vatican gathered to discuss the threat posed by artificial intelligence

Ministers want to reduce the workforce by around 12,000 roles by 2031

Netflix has hired Glasgow Oompah Loompah Kirsty Paterson to promote its new show

The nurse convinced her family, children and professionals she was “at the point of death” while defrauding pension, some which was used for a trip to Dubai

Students could return only to find lectures cancelled over what union boss describes as ‘academic vandalism’

Forthwell Limited, the owner of Glasgow’s Rogano restaurant, has settled its Supreme Court battle with Pontegadea UK over a contract dispute, with justices ruling against the company on Thursday.

Part of his final ever UK and Ireland tour, American Pie singer Don McLean will perform in Scotland for the last time next year.

The Gallagher brothers’ last tour is proof that nostalgia, emotion and anthemic riffs can shift markets

The council will gather for a special meeting in Inverness this morning.

Fringe by the Sea began a week earlier than the Edinburgh festivals

Forestry bosses estimates that between 50 and 75 per cent of Scotland’s 11 million mature ash trees could die over the next two decades because of the disease.

Highest figures also notched up on major Glasgow cycle routes too

Ministers have used more than £100m of ScotWind funds to balance its annual budget and have anticipated using a further £507m of the revenue by 2031

The suggestion that the SNP should adopt a Sinn Fein-like policy of refusing to send their elected representatives to Westminster may not go down well in some quarters

Scotland’s two government should stop squabbling over the future of the North Sea and work in sync to ensure the nation benefits from the renewables revolution.

Four in five women say they are not taken seriously by healthcare professionals - and it is leading to women dying avoidable deaths.

The health benefits of active travel cannot be understated

The debate on independence goes on… and on

Campbell Petrie, 50, was found guilty of two counts of rape, indecent assault, assault with intent to rape and assault to injury and danger of life

SNP ministers have insisted they do not expect any more AI data centre plans to be approved before national guidance is drawn up by the end of the year.

Two council workers were taken to hospital after removing stickers from a lamppost in Morningside

Police want to trace four men who were seen in the area at the time of the fatal firearms incident.

Twenty Scottish MPs have signed a letter urging the SNP administration to give officers the power to shut businesses selling illicit tobacco - like their counterparts down south can.

The closest thing the world has to an AI safety inspector is in the UK, giving this country an opportunity to provide much-needed leadership

The SNP’s claim that Scottish independence would result in a ‘dividend’ of £3,000 for every person in the country falls apart on closer scrutiny, explains William Deans

Silence is becoming an unspoken barrier to the responsible and confident adoption of AI in the workplace, writes Mark Byrne

Police are continuing to investigate the death of Billy Watson, 35, and whether two fires in Armadale were linked to the incident.

Steven Bonnar said the Nationalists should think about copying Sinn Fein abstentionist policy - if the UK government continues to block an independence referendum

Anders Holch Povlsen has aquired his latest property

What is plainly an assault cannot be consented to, writes Tony Lenehan

Kathryn Johnson looks at the sticky business of keeping firms in the family

Immigration enforcement is happening in Scotland’s workplaces and is only set to increase, writes Jacqueline Moore

More than 3,000 complaints after travellers unable to log on or access tickets