Big Ideas

A multi-million pound expansion of Lerwick Harbour was officially opened this week as part of a long-term strategy to attract investment to Shetland and consolidate its role as a hub for the fishing and energy industries.

Volvo’s decision to phase out traditional engines throws down the gauntlet to government, writes Martyn McLaughlin.

Ambitious plans to regenerate the Clydeside area between Glasgow and Renfrew have taken a step forward with the submission of two separate planning applications.

Artists, architects and designers have come up with some novel solutions to the old question of how to transform Scotland’s post-industrial spaces.

Billed as Scotland’s “tech gathering”, Turing Fest returns to Edinburgh in August, with some 1,000 delegates expected to attend the two-day event to hear from a line-up of 50 speakers.

Scotland’s first indoor vertical farm is due to be up and running later this year.

A pioneering green energy project that will see quieter, less polluting bin lorries on Scottish streets and provide eco-friendly power to local businesses has become operational.

Living sculptures are to be installed in Glasgow city centre in an effort to clean up toxic air pollution.

Playing video games could help young people develop the communication and mental adaptability skills they need to succeed at university, research by the University of Glasgow suggests.

Environmental groups say last month was an “extraordinary month” for renewables in Scotland, with wind power providing enough energy to power 95 per cent of Scottish households.

An app giving virtual holiday-makers the chance to explore 16th century Edinburgh has been launched.

The social media firm’s culture has not kept pace with its explosive global growth, writes Martyn McLaughlin

A partnership of organisations from industry and the conservation sector has come together in a bid to save the common scoter as a breeding bird in the Highlands of Scotland.

It’s no secret the number of women studying and working in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects is woefully low.

Edinburgh has been named as the best city in the UK to launch a start-up - ahead of London, Bristol and Glasgow, a survey has found.

Ahead of the 2017 Engage Invest Exploit (EIE) investor showcase at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, three industry experts explain why the time is right to back the growing tech sector.

Infrastructure projects worth almost £6.4 billion will be under construction throughout Scotland in 2017, a report has found.

A dry dock last used in 1994 will reopen after an agreement was signed today to use the site for the construction of the world’s largest floating wind farm.

It was once Scotland’s most isolated community, a remote archipelago in the Atlantic whose last residents were famously evacuated at their own request in 1930.