Tax avoidance involves the use of legal loopholes to pay less tax, and is legal. Tax avoidance schemes from umbrella firms ...

The boss of the University of Edinburgh is facing calls to “come clean” over earnings from a second job, amid staff strikes ...

A website launched to help thousands of oil workers move into green jobs attracted just 200 users in Scotland in its first five months, despite millions of pounds of backing from the Scottish ...

Intense lobbying by the multinational whisky industry forced the Scottish Government’s green watchdog to back down on plans ...

As part of our new series After Oil, Ferret Fact Service looks at four of the key questions around Grangemouth’s closure.

Eighteen months after a short-term let control area was introduced in Badenoch and Strathspey – a tourism hotspot where pubs and restaurants are struggling to get staff due to a lack of affordable ...

What costs the tax payer more? Asylum support? Benefit fraud? Or tax avoidance? The Ferret took a look at a popular meme.

Scotland’s shift from oil is underway. Our new series asks: who’s winning, who’s losing, and how fair is the transition to clean energy? Energy giant SSE may keep Scotland’s dirtiest power station ...

Experts have warned that far right groups are weaponising Christianity for their political agendas and have urged churches to ...

Are Scotland and Italy truly protecting their seas? The Ferret takes a closer look at marine protections, challenges, and efforts to safeguard vital ecosystems ...