A silent season at a distillery has led to staff redundancies being made. …

Fashion chain Quiz is on the brink of falling into administration, according to reports … Source

Three bands have been added to the line-up for a festival in Cooper Park. …

A JEWELLER is reviewing its policy after it told a customer it wouldn’t engrave “Free Palestine” on a charm for a bracelet because it could be “offensive” … Source

CONFIRMATION that a £40 million train manufacturing plant won’t be built at Longannet is “hugely disappointing”. Source

A SCOTCH whisky has today revealed a new global campaign starring cinematic icon, Harrison Ford. Source

A HIGHLAND whisky distillery has made a number of production redundant amid a reported “decline in the industry”. Source

Labour in Scotland made very specific promises in last year’s general election about the under-threat plant at Grangemouth. “We would step in to save the jobs at the refinery and to invest in that transition by making an Energy Transition Hub at Grangemouth” said Anas Sarwar. Now we are told that Labour will give £600m […] Source

As people reel from taking on board the consequences of a second Trump regime, we’ll be sharing discussion as it emerges of possible responses and analysis. Source

CINEMA, CULTURE, SCOTLAND: SELECTED ESSAYS BY COLIN McARTHUR, edited by Jonathan Murray, Edinburgh University Press (2024) Colin McArthur is a leading scholar of mid-twentieth century Hollywood cinema, popular American film genres, filmmaking in Europe and British television, and a commentator on the representation of Scotland in film and the institutional culture of film production.  I […] Source

Moray Council will not back Elgin BID (Business Improvement District) in a coming vote to decide whether the business group will continue. …

Police have confirmed that Dennis Mackie (86), who was reported missing from Aberdeen, has been traced. …

A POPULAR Scottish ice cream is moving production 150 miles away from its original site to North Yorkshire. Source