The Herald | Business https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/ The Herald Business en-gb Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:52:26 +0000 Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:52:26 +0000 https://www.heraldscotland.com/rss/terms/ M6 toby.granville@newsquest.co.uk (Toby Granville) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) https://www.heraldscotland.com/resources/images/sitelogoalt/?type=rsslogo The Herald | Business https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/ noThe Herald Businesstoby.granville@newsquest.co.uk More than 70 GPs in Scotland back call for less iPad usage in schools https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26686603.70-gps-express-concerns-ipad-use-schools/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:02:27 +0000 6b839efcf37ee22e0f85c5dccaf75e89 paul.kelly1@jpimedia.co.uk | Paul Kelly 'Local Hero' village post office and store turned home hits the market https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26686583.local-hero-village-post-office-turned-home-hits-market/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:18:01 +0000 a5d7fea4bdb143dbfb8dce48121306ca craig.williams@newsquest.co.uk | Craig Williams Is Scotland ready for war? Inside the Clyde shipyard as preparations ramp up https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26686454.inside-clyde-shipyard-war-preparations-ramp/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000 b15a99ae310534b8ce805f633cf117cb Kathleen Nutt Streeting attacks FM over claim Scotland 'being left defenceless' by UK Government https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26686316.streeting-rejects-swinneys-defenceless-scotland-claim/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:06:25 +0000 ff41e41cadb303708a457fba6103567f andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth Edinburgh University urged to halt redundancy talks with study abroad team https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26685796.edinburgh-university-urged-halt-cuts-study-abroad-jobs/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 c26b0d68e0fce30a749c2c0702c5e261 Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco NatWest profits remain strong but investors see tougher times ahead https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26684802.natwest-profits-strong-though-loan-loss-charges-rise/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 5069d296602881836511bc85caf72644 kristy.dorsey@newsquest.co.uk | Kristy Dorsey Scottish jewellery firm celebrates double win at national business awards https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26685374.womens-enterprise-scotland-awards-2026-winners-revealed/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:50:54 +0000 59cc5774e2bc03c49c2fe5ebe3ac9610 kristy.dorsey@newsquest.co.uk | Kristy Dorsey Historic Scottish textile manufacturer reveals rise in turnover to £61 million https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26685207.scottish-textile-company-reveals-rise-turnover-61m/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:24:01 +0000 cca6d572c6885d6314b7de7e36d744a4 brian.donnelly@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Donnelly Why LIV Golf's latest crisis could have an unexpected Scottish upside https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26680619.liv-golfs-crisis-affect-scottish-tournaments/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000 0226ced88abeff01bf19ca643ead7cc0 kristy.dorsey@newsquest.co.uk | Kristy Dorsey Revealed: Crown Estate Scotland board hit by staff grievances https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682125.crown-estate-scotland-board-hit-staff-grievances/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:05:00 +0000 b4b571109b983764bfdd7b7141d2192b Kathleen Nutt Company linked to Scottish Premiership champions drinks deal in liquidation https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26683010.liquidator-appointed-firm-linked-celtic-fc-drinks-deal/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:43:00 +0000 c56046b538901ccbd1d38d1af727aa8c brian.donnelly@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Donnelly So just what is going on in Scotland’s hotel sector? https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/26681302.scottish-hotels-story-key-numbers-tell/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:40:00 +0000 18fc0b75f704ff409cdbffe4ca242638 ian.mcconnell@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Ian McConnell New rules on major defence contracts to prioritise UK jobs and skills https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682990.defence-contracts-prioritise-uk-jobs-skills/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0000 0fa2e16c4273f1e0f8b388e64a2a4d01 Kathleen Nutt Holiday park bids for another major expansion months after it doubled in size https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26685026.angus-holiday-park-bids-another-major-expansion/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:55:49 +0000 34abe5c68adf31db017de2aab411f4fa Liam Rutherford Herald Business LIVE: Today's top stories - October 30 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26683887.herald-business-live-todays-top-stories---october-30/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:34:48 +0000 64083fa69c839222fc65d7cfea684b58 rose.moncur@newsquest.co.uk | Rose Moncur Why John Swinney can no longer dodge Scotland’s biggest questions https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/26681800.john-swinney-snp-big-questions-facing-scotland/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000 61614779ee34f7f83ad2dede36d5652b andy@messagematters.co.uk | Andy Maciver Babcock Rosyth: Inside the yard building Britain’s next-generation warships https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/26681989.inside-babcock-rosyth-uk-prepares-new-era-naval-warfare/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000 051a46e5e2fdfd46be6eefe064ce935d Kevin McKenna Flooding: It’s time for a simple yet effective solution https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/26681237.flooding-time-simple-yet-effective-solution/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000 58ab4b05ee102862db9e2300a17329c0 letters@theherald.co.uk | Letters The Budget: bad for climate and threat to Scottish jobs https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/26681051.budget-bad-climate-threat-scottish-jobs/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000 c5ab22b893d98d538b43380ffe876e6b letters@theherald.co.uk | Letters Scottish kiltmakers return to Abu Dhabi with exclusive Highlandwear fitting service https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26686147.scottish-kiltmakers-return-abu-dhabi-pop-up/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:04:00 +0000 899287077f9da8b88b7f8c9ad24b81dc rose.moncur@newsquest.co.uk | Rose Moncur UK house price growth slows to weakest rate since January 2024 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26685647.uk-house-price-growth-slows-0-5-october-data-shows/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:52:00 +0000 19cca3ec0fd06da5350d9f5bdf213bb5 rose.moncur@newsquest.co.uk | Rose Moncur Beatson Cancer Charity receives £100,000 donation from family foundation https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26685520.beatson-cancer-charity-gets-100-000-donation-foundation/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:21:00 +0000 3076456f81ddae77a444d604e7a28834 rose.moncur@newsquest.co.uk | Rose Moncur Coire Glas hydro project could deliver £1.5 billion boost to UK economy https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26684886.coire-glas-project-create-3-000-uk-construction-jobs/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:43:00 +0000 1044d1c9b773221b046da513e89f80e7 rose.moncur@newsquest.co.uk | Rose Moncur Shakespeare Martineau promotes Edinburgh commercial property lawyer to legal director https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26684514.edinburgh-law-firm-promotes-david-perdikou-legal-director/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:20:00 +0000 847d61aead901066bccef32f89a3cba9 rose.moncur@newsquest.co.uk | Rose Moncur Hospice opens its largest charity shop yet on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26684057.new-hospice-charity-shop-opens-glasgows-sauchiehall-street/?ref=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:17:00 +0000 28bde27bae28a89f74717801c8598e0b rose.moncur@newsquest.co.uk | Rose Moncur Acorn funding row branded 'spectacular shambles' as ministers contradict each other https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26683003.acorn-carbon-capture-funding-changed-loans-equity/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:56:12 +0000 4f455dc045ba03c478d36f2675e690e8 andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth Up to police to probe 3,000 illegally operating Airbnbs in Glasgow, council says https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682975.not-council-probe-3-000-illegally-operating-glasgow-airbnbs/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:43:19 +0000 0324fb309736043fced040b2f55e7e3f Sarah Hilley Low-key Budget with many positives and no major shocks put under spotlight https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682905.herald-budget-briefing-event-spotlight-healey-debut/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:18:36 +0000 923ebe80cc8860b2e22d30f7c92b1ba3 Karen Peattie Scottish company behind well-known outdoor brands returns to profit https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26681727.owner-well-known-outdoor-brands-returns-profit/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:15:26 +0000 7769c8e47728ab73376b38410d198cc3 brian.donnelly@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Donnelly Edinburgh pubs want to admit unaccompanied 12-year-olds. But a pub is not a creche https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/26681576.teenagers-allowed-edinburgh-pubs-without-parents/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000 4a154dbaaf99a48317f2ff0246aa5ed9 Marissa MacWhirter Forget Halloween, this is what’s really frightening Scotland’s hospitality industry https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/26680088.business-rates-reform-matters-scotlands-hospitality-industry/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000 66dc564974f1540eaa22e7054f6ac393 sarah.campbell@newsquest.co.uk | Sarah Campbell Swinney declines four times to say he supports Rosebank oil field development https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682378.swinney-refuses-say-backs-rosebank-oil-field/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:59:11 +0000 b312f6f6c7d97b2fec7912302e87d13e andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth Two years after dead salmon burial was filmed, SEPA finally sends case to prosecutors https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682362.sepa-sends-salmon-burial-case-scottish-prosecutors/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:56:48 +0000 5024214d6b36d835faadce7ee1a555cc vicky.allan@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Vicky Allan Edinburgh University provost blocked from tourist tax board over programme closures https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682193.edinburgh-university-provosts-tourist-tax-board-appointment-blocked/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:43:00 +0000 fd7279c61bda52363cc4254fbb9ff31e Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco Overweight offshore workers could lose job under new rules, industry body warns https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26681860.overweight-offshore-workers-lose-job-new-rules/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:37:58 +0000 34086b0b4a64aca66889cfb08113d73d Nick Forbes ‘Difficult’ decisions lie ahead amid £140m cuts bid, Edinburgh University chief warns https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26680009.edinburgh-university-chief-warns-difficult-decisions-ahead/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:58:00 +0000 4283572fb270ea20c61c10010dd1094e Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco UK sun-care company stocked in Morrisons collapses into administration after 27 years https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national/uk-today/26679788.uk-sun-care-company-falls-administration-27-years/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:47:43 +0000 98b7871507b4ccf064295d90029e14e0 patrick.glover@newsquest.co.uk | Patrick Glover 74p in every pound goes to tax as Scot whisky industry sounds alarm https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26678541.scotch-whisky-tax-rise-industry-warns-jobs-sales-slump/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:27:00 +0000 993aae6e53804251d05c506dc0dbf7d0 martin.williams@theherald.co.uk | Martin Williams Iona residents offer 'epic' offshore wind farm protest painting to Guggenheim https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26678137.iona-locals-offer-epic-offshore-wind-painting-guggenheim/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 6da7e775c5075f238acba4dfe22e531a vicky.allan@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Vicky Allan Edinburgh University study abroad cuts could cost nearly £10m in lost tuition https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26678027.fears-edinburgh-university-study-abroad-cuts-cost-9-6m/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 4a145f2fed74363ba897b615ced5b9a4 Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco Liquidator appointed to Scottish stove and fireplace company https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26678857.scottish-stove-fireplace-company-placed-liquidation/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 04:40:00 +0000 46e314f9427333d2a9a75d9bb9b39c0f brian.donnelly@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Brian Donnelly Watches of Switzerland reveals it has examined potential move to US market https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26678008.watches-switzerland-examined-potential-us-listing/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000 5c762504def4d3af29e9429f4cd4933e kristy.dorsey@newsquest.co.uk | Kristy Dorsey Why Scotland needs to rethink who really holds property factors to account https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/26675029.scotlands-property-factoring-system-needs-reform/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000 ea03b3117460117048c9cfa0375c8663 Derek MacDonald New year, new direction with January courses at Strathclyde Business School https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682053.new-year-new-direction-strathclyde-business-school-january-courses/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:05:17 +0000 02ad3341966e5677ca4159b4cf522be5 Community contributor Degree of uncertainty remains over compulsory redundancies at Glasgow Caledonian Uni https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26681969.degree-uncertainty-remains-university-compulsory-redundancies/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:51:58 +0000 f9bd71a96e8d2882ec9b116b88a8e451 Community contributor Scottish graduations are proof opportunity should have no boundaries https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26681854.scottish-graduations-proof-opportunity-no-boundaries/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:37:17 +0000 027a00e81b2051f91ebb2c479f0a9c57 Community contributor Why scarcity in the NHS, housing and jobs is making Britain angrier https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/26678184.nhs-crisis-scarcity-billionaires-real-problem/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000 4cffb7a54529cd6bb86593ed86ab8508 Neil Mackay Today's cartoon is on the Chancellor's Budget and its implications for whisky https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26679463.herald-cartoon-chancellors-budget-whisky/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000 7cc86b3eac4eb9197a7fe739c113b6a0 Camley's Cartoons When it comes to politics, it’s OK to have new perspectives https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/26677761.comes-politics-ok-new-perspectives/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000 ce81b7472409541113b7047bcf3736ea letters@theherald.co.uk | Letters Monkey Puzzle reaches 80 nurseries after opening four new UK settings https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26682682.monkey-puzzle-reaches-80-nurseries-four-uk-openings/?ref=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:42:19 +0000 8f076cf2fa855d9d29428cd425d67be6 Kulsum.Shabbir@newsquest.co.uk | Kulsum Shabbir