Edinburgh-based company Ecometrica is changing the way space data is used globally by exporting its satellite mapping technology

This National Space Day (3 May 2019), the Department for International Trade (DIT) celebrates the success of the Scottish space sector which could be worth £4bn by 2030.

First round of funding awarded to redistribution organisations to substantially reduce food waste from businesses

The government has awarded more than £4 million to four redistribution organisations across England to help overcome barriers to getting food currently going to waste onto people’s plates.

Eight groups take legal action to make Amec Foster Wheeler pay part of compensation

Major construction firms are embroiled in a legal dispute over a multimillion-pound compensation bill that has been paid to more than 1,100 blacklisted trade unionists.

More than £5 million has been raised by a HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforce tackling dishonest dog breeders selling pups on the black market.

HMRC set up the taskforce in October 2015 after discussions with animal welfare groups suggested tens of thousands of puppies were being reared in unregulated conditions and sold illicitly every year.

The government is backing plans to create new digital innovation hubs, changing the way scientists access NHS data

Digital innovation hubs, part of our modern Industrial Strategy, to be created to transform the way researchers and innovators can access data from the NHS

UK’s biggest seller of Rolexes could be valued at up to £800m, if plan goes ahead

The UK’s biggest seller of Rolex watches is working on plans for a stock market listing, which could value the luxury retail group at up to £800m.

Economic growth will slip back and then pick up modestly, says Bank

Data suggests closures of banks, pubs, estate agents and fashion stores is biggest rise in five years

The number of shops lying empty soared by more than 7,500 last year, according to new data which lays bare the crisis on the high street.

UK prices grew by less than 1% for fifth month in a row in April, says Nationwide.

Latest OECD data shows rising investment in UK amid an uncertain economic global outlook.

Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published today shows the total value of foreign investment stock into the UK by the end of 2018 increased by 5% to $1,890 billion.

Campaigners say company uses ‘financial manoeuvring’ to shift profits to tax havens

British American Tobacco has been accused of depriving developing countries of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax by using “financial manoeuvring” to shift profits to a UK subsidiary.