Scotland business

Ofcom is consulting on new proposals which would mean viewers in the north of Scotland would still get some local news.

An annual report shows some good, bad and middling aspects of Scottish productivity - and there are no easy or quick fixes.

Aberdeen depends on North Sea oil and gas and there are worries the tax and licensing regime is creating decline.

North Sea producers say the tax, introduced when Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused oil prices to spike, is crippling the sector.

The pressure on the chancellor from industry leader is to get inflation down and generate growth.

Shareholders in the Aberdeen-based company overwhelmingly voted to back the takeover offer from Sidara.

If ITV sells its broadcasting business to Sky it would have profound implications for British broadcasting.