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Have Your Say: Visitor Levy consultation now open in Glasgow
Since 2019 discussions around the introduction of a Visitor Levy – also called the ‘tourism ...
By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill
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Slow progress on cladding in Edinburgh and Leith
The Housing (Cladding Remediation) Scotland Act 2024 was passed in May last year and came ...
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Is Islay’s whisky boom about to hit a snag?
Is the golden goose on a break? The last few years have seen plans for ...
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Edinburgh city agrees details of new visitor levy
The meeting was held online due to Storm Éowyn but all councillors had ample opportunity to ...
By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter
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£1 million fraud at Aberdeen City Council sends a warning across local government
All Scottish councils must learn from the weaknesses that allowed an Aberdeen City Council employee’s ...
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How do we reconcile change? Viking wind farm and the consequences
When Shetland embarked on that protracted Viking wind farm journey more than two decades ago, ...
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New research finds Roma are being denied decent housing in Glasgow’s Govanhill
A research project by Roma rights group Romano Lav and Poverty Alliance, Scotland’s anti-poverty network, ...
By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill
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VisitScotland to close 25 of its iCentres
There seems to be a complete lack of accountability from the Scottish Government over VisitScotland’s ...
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Organic veg producers in Shetland say climate crisis still not taken seriously
FOOD producers Transition Turriefield say they are “tired of fighting to get enough” funding from ...
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How can tenement owners retrofit their homes?
Unlike many European countries, Scotland lacks mandatory owners’ associations, leaving tenants and flat owners to ...
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Inverkip nurse receives prestigious award
A nurse from Inverkip is among a group of 21 community nurses to have been ...
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Rare pine marten spotted in Scottish national park is good news for the native red squirrel population
Pine martens, the most elusive mammal found in the UK, has been spotted in Balloch ...
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