Inflation

Analysis UK inflation jumps to 3.5%: What this means for borrowers and savers

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Buchanan Street in Glasgow's city centre. PIC: John Linton/PA Wire

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More than half of Scots are cutting back on dining out

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Two-thirds of business owners are fearful for their future due to rising costs.

Two-thirds of small firms hike prices as rises set to continue

Scottish house prices have outpaced inflation compared to the UK over the last decade (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Downward trend in house prices should just be a blip

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The new Scottish cabinet, from left, Education Secretary Màiri McAllan, Climate and Rural Affairs Secretary Gillian Martin, Justice Secretary Neil Gray, Health Secretary Angela Constance, First Minister John Swinney, Public Service Reform Secretary Ivan McKee, Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth, Economy Secretary Stephen Flynn, and Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville.

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The price of food has come under political focus amid the cost-of-living crisis

'Embarrassing' UK switch on food price caps, claims SNP

Analysis UK inflation falls to lower-than-expected 2.8% but relief will be short-lived

Scottish retail bosses call for action as sales slide for second month

Greggs latest: Shares rise as new menu picks lure younger customers

UK food prices on track to rise by 50 per cent since the start of the cost-of-living crisis. (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Inflation is rising, and interest rates will be next

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Analysis UK inflation jumps to 3.3%: What this means for rates, pensions and savings

Scottish sales plunge in ‘stark reminder of enormous pressure on households’

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Life insurance or funeral plan?

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Just one in five Scottish small businesses looking to hire amid global turmoil

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Scots hotel firm facing £280k national insurance increase

Analysis UK inflation holds at 3% but where now for prices and interest rates in 2026?

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Wetherspoon shares tumble as market braces for profit warning storm from UK plc

Vishal Chopra, Office Senior Partner for Scotland at KPMG UK (Picture: Mike Wilkinson)

Agility will be the key to sustaining growth in 2026

Scotland’s retail bosses plead for ‘dose of realism’ as sales grind to halt

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivering her spring statement to MPs in the House of Commons

Rachel Reeves' ‘do nothing’ statement when the world is in tumult John McLaren

Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves branded 'tone deaf' on energy in Spring Statement

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Spring statement's focus on stability welcomed

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street, London, for the House of Commons to deliver her spring statement to MPs

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Analysis Spring statement will be 'policy lite' - but all eyes on the forecasts

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Inflation drops - but energy prices remain stubbornly high

Inflation falls but electricity bills jump 5.3%

Inflation falls to 3%: What this means for interest rates, borrowers and savers
“It seems now the journey back towards the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target has regained momentum” – Kevin Brown, Scottish Friendly

TSB profits up by fifth ahead of Santander swoop

Political uncertainty ‘weighing heavily’ on decision-making - Fraser of Allander

The latest reports on the state of Scottish business make grim reading

Analysis Red flags which expose a critical vulnerability in Scotland’s economy

Scottish business confidence sinks to lowest level in over three years

Scottish water bills to increase by up to £103 a year

Clynelish visitor centre is set to close

Distillery to close visitor centre after multimillion pound revamp

UK inflation jumps to 3.4%: What this means for mortgages and interest rates

Shona Robison talks to the media following delivering her budget speech

Analysis Funding gap so wide there was next to nothing in giveaways

Scots are eating fewer portions of fruit and veg

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Steve Pearman of Kilnford Farmshop Plants. PIC: PA Wire.

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Impact of UK Budget on savings

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Rachel Reeves’ Budget is on Wednesday (Photo by Matthew Horwood / POOL / AFP)

Exclusive Nearly three quarters of Scots expect economy to worsen in next year

The Bank of England has kept interest rates at 4% for the second time in a row (Photos: Getty Images)

Bank of England holds rates at 4% - what it means for your money

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