Average Scots farm income falls 48% to £12,600
The National Farmers Union in Scotland has called on Scotland’s booming food and drink sector to address the growing imbalance between the profitability enjoyed by…
The National Farmers Union in Scotland has called on Scotland’s booming food and drink sector to address the growing imbalance between the profitability enjoyed by…
Scottish gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.4% over the year of 2016 but contracted 0.2% in the fourth quarter compared to the previous three months, according to Scotland’s…
UPDATED — Scotland’s gross expenditure on research and development (GERD) rose 1.1% or £23 million in 2015 to £2.15 billion, according to a report from Scotland’s chief statistician. Scottish GERD…
The UK production boss of Norwegian multinational Statoil said “large discoveries can still be made” in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Statoil (UK) is the operator of the massive Mariner…
Scotland’s exports to the rest of the UK and to international markets in 2015 — excluding oil and gas — were estimated at £78.6 billion, up…
Scotland’s 2016 cereal harvest is estimated to have fallen 11% on 2015, according to the Scottish Government’s Chief Statistician. Final estimates show Scottish farms produced 2.8…
There were 15,991 new build homes completed in Scotland in the 12 months to June 2016, an increase of 591 homes, or 4%, on the…
Scottish gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.4% in the second quarter of 2016 — compared to 0.7% for the UK — according to statistics from Scotland’s Chief…
Scotland’s 2016 cereal harvest is expected to fall 11% on 2015, with the country’s most important cereal crop Spring barley expected to fall 17% to 1.27…
The value of sea fish and shellfish landed by Scottish registered vessels in 2015 fell by 15% in real terms to £437 million and the quantity fell…
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the North Sea expansion plans of Norwegian multinational Statoil on Monday as she officially opened the firm’s new headquarters in…
Oil and gas production in Scotland increased by 21.4% to around 70 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2015-16 and accounted for 81% of the UK total, according…
Total outstanding bank loans to the agricultural sector in Scotland amounted to £2.2 billion at the end of May — the highest since records began…
Scotland had a public sector deficit of £14.8 billion for 2015-16 — about 9.5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) — amid plummeting North Sea…
The Scottish Government said the average time for a planning decision to be made on major developments in 2015-16 fell by 17% on the previous year….
The output of the Scottish economy remained flat during the January to March quarter of 2016, according to gross domestic product (GDP) statistics from Scotland’s chief…
The average cost of renting agricultural land has risen 3% since last year, according to the Scottish Government. Scotland’s chief statistician has released the latest figures on Tenanted…
Gross expenditure on research and development (GERD) in Scotland was £2.22 billion in 2014, down 0.6% on 2013, according to Scotland’s chief statistician. The gap in GERD as a percentage of…
Scottish GDP grew by 0.2% during the fourth quarter of 2015, according to statistics announced today by Scotland’s chief statistician. The latest Gross Domestic Product…
The incomes of commercial farms in Scotland are estimated to have halved over the four years to 2014, according to the Scottish Government. Estimates from…
Two sets of statistics published on Wednesday gave details on the level of public and private sector employment in Scotland and on the number of…
Rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead said staying in the EU is ‘absolutely crucial’ for farming as new statistics show total income from farming in Scotland declined in…
The University of Strathclyde has announced that Mairi Spowage will be the new interim Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute — Scotland’s leading independent…