Charities across Scotland are set to benefit from almost £700,000 to expand and improve the information and advice they provide to thousands of disabled people and carers

In a new report, ‘This sucker is going down’ – the past, present and future of the euro crisis, the IoD argues that there is a fundamental structural failure at the heart of the euro project, namely the absence of a sovereign lender of the last resort role for the ECB which would allow it to engage in massive bond purchases

The pressure on employees caused by fears over job security, rising workloads and increasing living costs is leading to more stress and anxiety, which can result in depression and mental health issues

Commenting on the latest GDP figures, which showed a decline of 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011, Graeme Leach, Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors, said

The CBI commented on the latest unemployment data showing that unemployment is the highest since 1995, with the number of people out of work rising by 118,000 to 2.685 million over the last quarter

The Government is right to increase aid to fragile and conflict-affected states, such as Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but it must be prepared suspend or even cancel a programme if a Government flouts agreements or refuses to engage in efforts to increase transparency and accountability, MPs on the International Development Committee argue in a new report

Working together through the Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC), the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments and the Northern Ireland Executive have reached agreement on an inter-administration dispute concerning the application of the Barnett formula to funds set aside for regeneration and transport within the budget for the Olympics Games in 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken following overnight talks in Brussels amongst leaders of EU countries.He spoke at a press conference following the Informal Dinner of the Council of the European Council

A new comprehensive and interactive calendar of key enterprise events throughout 2012 has been unveiled by Business Minister Mark Prisk

HMRC’s renewed strategy for dealing with alcohol duty fraud, now covering wine and beer as well as spirits, is a significant improvement on the previous strategy and the Department has achieved some of its early objectives