17 h. ago Heat pumps: All you need to know and more, including grant funding available in Scotland

It’s easier than you think to own and operate an air source heat pump in your home. This is how – plus how much money it can save you!

Politics

65 h. ago Acorn: Scotland's carbon capture project in doubt as Labour minister to 'bid' Rachel Reeves for funds

A UK minister has admitted having to ‘bid’ for funding from the Chancellor to finally get Scotland’s carbon capture project up and running.

Politics

67 h. ago Aldi’s Scottish Sport Fund gives Lanarkshire sports clubs chance to win share of £50,000 in funding

Aldi Scotland introduced its Scottish Sport Fund in 2016 to support individuals of all ages and abilities to get involved in physical activity in their local communities.

Economics

3 d. ago Scotland's oldest working theatre launches £30,000 fundraising campaign to avoid cutting programme

The Theatre Royal in Dumfries is seeking financial help after missing out on multi year funding from Creative Scotland.

Economics

3 d. ago Aldi’s Scottish Sport Fund offers Glasgow and West of Scotland clubs the chance to access £2,500 of funding

Aldi’s Scottish Sport Fund 2025 has returned for its tenth year, giving local sports clubs in Glasgow and the West of Scotland the opportunity to receive a share of £50,000 in funding.

Economics

3 d. ago Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere Partnership receives new funding from South of Scotland Enterprise

The money from South of Scotland Enterprise will help support a number of projects, including boosting efforts to restore nature at a landscape scale and a red squirrel conservation scheme.

Politics

5 d. ago Plumbing trade sounds warning over lack of apprenticeship funding

Concerns over wider financial impact of recruitment woes

Events

7 d. ago Falkirk GP says 'patients deserve better' as she backs call for more funding

Practices across Falkirk are supporting BMA Scotland's demand to reinstate GPs share of NHS funding

Science

7 d. ago Heat from underground SEWERS could be pumped into homes and public buildings

Town hall bosses get £5.7m boost for innovative project

Society

8 d. ago The Guardian view on green homes: solar panels and heat pumps should be a bare minimum | Editorial

Ministers must resist pressure to relax environmental standards in the rush for new housingAlmost two decades after the last Labour government announced a zero carbon homes standard, and with the breaking of temperature records around the world now so normal as to seem routine, it ought to be uncontroversial that new buildings should be as environmentally friendly as possible. Given everything we know about global heating, and the law obliging the UK to reach net zero by 2050, it is disturbing that even the basics of promoting energy security and efficiency continue to be questioned.But that is the situation Britain faces, as the government lays the ground for a housebuilding spree that it hopes will last for the rest of this parliament (as planning is devolved, the target of 1.5m new homes is for England only). Much of the blame for this discouraging state of affairs lies with the Tories, who delayed progress towards sustainability by scrapping environmental rules, l...

Society

8 d. ago Glasgow Airport team take on Kiltwalk to raise vital MND Scotland funds

The big-hearted team from the Paisley transport hub took on the 14-mile ‘Big Stroll’ last month.

Politics

9 d. ago Belle and Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch joins ME rally at Holyrood

The group ME Action Scotland is concerned new funding for the condition will not be allocated.

Politics

9 d. ago New rule change for UK homeowners that could save you 'up to £533 a year on energy bills'

Heat pumps can significantly reduce a property's energy demand - and it is now becoming much easier to install them

Economics

1 week ago Net Zero tsar Ed Miliband's wife joins 'nimby' campaigners against new housing development they claim has too many 'noisy' heat pumps

Mrs Miliband Justine Thornton has joined a neighbourhood campaign against a small block of flats being built near their £3m Victorian home. Many object to its 'noisy' heat pumps

Politics

1 week ago Belle and Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch to join ME rally at Holyrood

The group ME Action Scotland is concerned new funding for the condition will not be allocated.

Politics

2 w. ago Airdrie Division Guides receives £1k investment from Aldi Scotland as part of annual Scottish Sport Fund initiative

The fund reinforces the supermarket’s dedication to building a healthier Scotland by supporting the work of community sports clubs.

Economics

2 w. ago Aldi Scotland awards £7,500 to sports clubs across Central Scotland

Aldi Scotland has invested £7,500 in nine local sports clubs across Central Scotland as part of its annual Scottish Sport Fund initiative.

Economics

2 w. ago Aldi Scotland's famous Supermarket Sweep is coming to Dundee

Aldi Scotland’s Supermarket Sweep challenge is back again for another year, giving customers in Dundee the chance to raise funds for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS).

Politics

2 w. ago The Scottish mother who funded WW2 planes after tragic death of her three sons

The MacRobert family of Douneside, Aberdeenshire, lost all three sons in separate air tragedies before and during the Second World War

Events

2 w. ago ECITB funding to help deliver Energy Transition Skills Hub in North East Scotland

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has awarded £400,000 to help deliver a dedicated Energy Transition Skills Hub (ETSH) in Aberdeen.

Events