Oil company profits double but are they taxed appropriately?
Shell last week reported an annual profit of almost $40bn for 2022 (£33.3bn). This is double their profits of $19.2bn (£16bn) for 2021 and smashed their previous record of $28.4bn (£23.7bn) set in 2008. Just today, BP also reported profits for 2022 of $28bn (£23.3bn), more than double the amount it made in 2021 and the highest in the company's 144-year history.
Brexit three years on - still an unmitigated disaster for Scotland
It has now been almost seven years since the UK voted to leave the European Union and three years since the UK left the EU in direct conflict with the stated democratic will of the Scottish people. The Scottish electorate was ignored and Scotland was ripped from the European community against what has now been proven to have been Scotland’s better judgement.
Scotland's energy future - Damaged by five UK government failures
Scotland currently produces the most renewable energy per capita among the UK nations and is a potential global leader in this field. Hydrogen in particular could represent Scotland’s greatest industrial opportunity since the discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea. The technology has the power to unleash huge economic benefits while supporting the transition to net zero.
Revealed: The ACCOUNTING TRICK that Hides Scotland's Wealth (2023)
Every Westminster Government in your lifetime has knowingly diverted tens of billions of pounds of Scottish revenues to Westminster. This has led to lower investment in Scotland, higher unemployment, lower economic growth, lower standards of living, economic migration and growing inequality and poverty. All of which would not have been the case were Scotland an independent country.
The new economic case for independence - Five Key Takeaways
Business for Scotland didn't comment when the Sustainable Growth Commission report was published. It was too conservative for us on spending, undersold Scotland's economic potential - both for growth and in wellbeing terms - and the conditions for the introduction of a Scottish pound were overly restrictive.
How would energy be cheaper in an independent Scotland?
Today the energy regulator Ofgem has raised the energy price cap, a move that will see the average household energy bill increase to £3,549 in October – a rise of 80% on the current cap of £1,971 – this is on top of a rise of 54% earlier in the year.
Scots caught up in UK energy disaster look enviously at independent Nordic states
Anger is mounting in Scotland as energy prices soar for consumers while energy producers announce record profits. Many Scots look enviously at Nordic countries such as Finland where bills are much lower thanks to plentiful, cheap renewable energy.
"Ferrygate" little more than a propaganda war against Scotland
Ferries have featured heavily in the Scottish news diet over the last few months. Headlines have screamed about “Ferrygate” - the story of delays and cost overruns to two new dual-fuel vessels commissioned from Ferguson Marine, and other ferry-related issues. The ferries are indeed five years late and millions over budget and thats not good- however we need to look at this single project in context.
Independence offers Scotland alternatives to the chaos at Dover
Images of lorries backed up for 23 miles at Dover over the last few days have made news bulletins all over Europe, with drivers forced to stay in their cabs without access to toilets or meals. Many Scots were among those stuck in the chaos - because Dover is currently the main route for freight between Europe and Scotland.
Scotland betrayed by Westminster's broken carbon capture promises
Promises to make Scotland a world leader in carbon capture technology made by the UK government in its bid to woo voters in the 2014 independence referendum were yesterday revealed as a dirty trick.