HYDROGEN has been endorsed as a key piece of Scotland’s energy mix but environmental campaigners have raised concerns over how “realistic” the government’s plans are. Source

GLASGOW’S burgeoning tech sector is continuing to grow, with tech companies in the city attracting a combined £100 million in private investment this year. That’s up from £43m in 2020, itself a 153% increase from 2019, according to the latest figures. Source

WORKER or employee directors are common and well known of in many parts of mainland Europe, especially in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. Nineteen countries on the continent have legal provisions for creating them. Alas, worker or employee directors are very few and far between in Scotland or Britain – and this is nothing to do with Brexit. Source

The family of a 38-year-old man who died after a “non-work related incident” involving three Britons onboard an oil rig in Qatar have paid tribute to a “one-of-a-kind, beautiful soul”. Source

Scotland faces a media that in many cases is completely hostile to independence. News stories are spun to suggest Scots could never be trusted to run their own affairs. Good news is minimised, or just simply not reported and bad news for Scotland overblown and taken out of context.  Contrast…

Note: The research below was first carried out eight years ago but is updated every year. The figures and graphs have been updated and republished on December 7th 2022 to include the GERS most recently published for 2021/22. Every Westminster Government in your lifetime has knowingly diverted tens of billions of pounds of Scottish revenues […] Source

THE Labour group on Moray Council have called on wind farm developments to provide guaranteed community benefit and local economic development. …

A recent report into the impact the cost-of-living crisis is having in Scotland has revealed that just over a quarter of the population (26%) have seen family relationships suffer due to financial pressures. Source

IS IT even December if you haven’t started decorating something, deep cleaning, moving furniture and writing lists upon lists of things to be done before Santa arrives? Source

As we reach the darkest point of the year who doesn’t need a story? This exceptional new project has just launched – it’s a collaboration between Transgressive North, Rectangle Design and TRACS. The website features 76 storytelling recordings (62 filmed recordings created by Transgressive North specially for the website, and 14 audio-only recordings selected from […] Source

THERE was plenty to be cheerful about for Moray Reach Out (MRO) when they held an informal 'Meet the Board' event at their Buckie HQ. …

A BUCKIE-based nurse has been presented with a prestigious national professional award. …