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BUSINESS RATES

Rates increase warning after empty shops increase

By Mark Conrad | 15 May 2017

Scotland’s retailers have warned policymakers against a hike in business rates beyond the Barclay...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Tributes paid to former Accounts Commission chair

By Heather Jameson | 10 May 2017

Former chair of the Accounts Commission, Douglas Sinclair, died last week after stepping down fro...

ELECTIONS

Conservatives come out top in local elections

By Mark Conrad | 05 May 2017

Results from the local elections have featured significant gains for the Conservative Party, incl...

FINANCE

Scrap private finance for public buildings, says Unite

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Trade union Unite has called for the use of private finance to build public buildings in Scotland...

WHITEHALL

Local democracy 'needs to be revitalised'

By William Eichler | 18 April 2017

A think-tank has published a blueprint for a complete overhaul of local governance in Scotland.

PAY

Unison Scotland in strike ballot

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Scotland’s largest local government trade union is to ballot its members over possible strike act...

FINANCE

Think-tank calls for fiscal devolution

By William Eichler | 10 April 2017

Council tax and business rates in Scotland should be devolved in full to local authorities, a thi...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Johnson: Scotland could use debt as bargaining chip

By Sam Clayden | 31 March 2017

Scotland could use its share of the national debt as a bargaining chip in the independence debate...

DIGITAL

Braveheart's icon blast

22 March 2017

They used to make ’em tough and stern in the Scottish Highlands.

FINANCE

Scots' local government funding 'uncertain'

By Mark Conrad | 14 March 2017

The funding outlook for local government in Scotland remains uncertain and raises questions about...

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