Workers

Nicola Sturgeon speaking at the OEUK debate (credit: OEUK/Marcos Bevilacqua)

Exclusive North Sea workers being 'misled' and 'let down', says Nicola Sturgeon

Almost a fifth of respondents have embarked on 12 or more work trips over the past year alone

A quarter of workers are travelling more post pandemic than before

Michael Marra MSP

'Labour will rediscover its soul' under my leadership, says Marra

Five Scottish Tech 50 companies breaking new ground

Aaron Whitworth-Foster

Scotland's Health Awards 2026 - the nurse who just keeps giving

Mr Jonathan Hannay, consultant surgeon at NHS Golden Jubilee, took the Global Citizenship Award at Scotland’s Health Awards in 2025.

Scotland's Health Awards 2026 - search for medics with a global touch

Construction of Dogger Bank offshore windfarm - which will have 277 turbines once complete - will be supported by jobs at Nigg.

180 offshore windfarm jobs created at Highland port

The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are off the Scottish coast

UK Government urged to 'end madness' as oil and gas consultation ends

Scottish Labour MSP Joe Fagan

You will never see me in the Lords - I only want to serve Scotland Joe Fagan

Monica Lennon

I will end the factional infighting in Scottish Labour

A BP worker on the North Sea oil rig Sea Quest in 1973

BP North Sea sell off branded a 'defining moment' amid call for action

The state-of-the-art facility will be purpose-built

Ad Feature AG&P Industrial launches new fabrication yard

Calibre Furniture conducted an in-person street survey of 327 office workers in UK City Centres in June 2026

Ad Feature Office workers work from home to escape office noise

A platform in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen

Burnham pressed to urgently back new North Sea drilling

The campaign is being backed by Lee Parkinson MBE, better known as Mr. P

Ad Feature Nearly one in three people admit they couldn't handle teaching

Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser called it a 'shocking waste of taxpayers’ money'

Hundreds of Scots public sector workers suspended on full pay

Firefighters on day three of the Cairngorms wildfire

Wildfires are burning now: Scotland needs a dedicated aerial response

Construction is responsible for the largest share of fatal injuries to workers (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

HSE set to change reports process for deaths at work

James, who died in 2023, was in care for much of his short life. Questions remain about how he - and his mother - were treated by authorities.

Exclusive Mother's fight after getting only 90 minutes with son before he died

CMI is calling for government, educators and employers to work together to bridge the divide

Ad Feature Less than one in 10 managers think young people are ready for work

Food Process Engineering Limited has been fined £50,000 following the death of a worker.

Company fined £50,000 after worker killed in warehouse fall in Renfrew

Rosebank and Jackdaw are currently awaiting approval

Exclusive Scottish Labour MPs say Rosebank and Jackdaw should go ahead

Seven in 10 employees use their work laptops to apply for jobs, online shop, and book holidays

Seven in 10 employees use their work laptop for personal things

Coastguard rescue officers will no longer receive payments under plans by UK authorities

UK set to push on with dropping hourly fee for coastguard volunteers

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Patient tests negative for Ebola at Glasgow hospital

The Tories are on the right side of oil and gas argument Brian Wilson

Two Scottish Ambulance Service workers were transported to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Patient dies, driver arrested in Glasgow crash

The Aspyre Uno combines sleek styling with clever storage to help transform home working spaces

Home workers can save more than £140 on this desk deal

Shipyard worker strikes ‘will risk delays to Clyde warships’

Oli Beatson, Lead Craftperson, and Andrew Carlberg-Husband, Joiner, with the time capsule in the Crown Room at Edinburgh Castle

Historic notes written 150 years apart return to castle’s Crown Room

A general view of MSPs in the Holyrood chamber

Is social class Holyrood's hidden inequality?

The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are off the Scottish coast

MPs vote against supporting Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields

New course looks to get military leavers ‘site ready’ for Scotland’s wind sector

View of Glasgow Airport

Strike at Glasgow Airport could hit World Cup travellers

A Gen-Z charity worker earning £30,000 a year says she's proof "anyone can invest" and aims to make £1million in investments to "make work optional" by the age of 45.

Half of Brits fear investing their money

Four in five workers fear losing their job as cost-of-living pressures intensify

For trans people, the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman is a real problem (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Education experts press government on trans schools guidance

Navantia UK took over the Methil shipyard in January last year (Pic: Submitted)

Exclusive MoD urged to award Faslane contract to Scottish shipyard

Ad Feature Sona raises £34bn Series B to bring AI to the frontline economy

Taxing changes

Big change on way for landlords and self-employed earning over £50,000

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

Sir Keir Starmer says he backs Anas Sarwar '100 per cent'

Police officers on the beat

Shoplifting in Scotland has increased 129% since 2021

Why we urgently need to relearn the way we learn

Job losses as Glasgow-based fashion chain goes into administration

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blockade aerospace defence factory

Shoppers out and about on Buchanan Street in Glasgow.

Poll: Economic insecurity driving political disaffection in Scotland

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