Scotland’s 4.4 million international trips in 2024 came with 11% fewer nights, US-heavy spend, and a 5% Edinburgh levy now in force.
Scotland's breeding ewes fell to 2.45 million, then barely recovered, as carbon, trees and rewilding outbid hill flocks for the same ground.
The 2025 National Prayer Breakfast for Scotland prayed for the homeless inside Prestonfield House, a five-star Edinburgh mansion.
Harris Tweed made £16.8 million for Scotland in 2024, yet island weavers netted £19,350 under a 1993 Act that luxury houses cannot scale.
Balance Power's 29.9MW Coylton battery, kept with East Ayrshire Council, sits west of Statkraft's 150MW park while the summer 2026 start stays unconfirmed.
Scotland never banned hosepipes after May 2025's dry spell. River licences took the cuts, and seven eastern catchments were scarce again in 2026.
Heriot-Watt leads Scotland at 4.57% CEOs on a LinkedIn score, yet sits 20th in the UK after a 15.76% first-place scrape two years earlier.
HES closed Canmore, Scran and ScotlandsPlaces on 24 June 2025. Trove took the records; the old search tools and Scran links did not all follow.
Scotland completed 17,057 homes in the year to June 2026, the lowest since 2015, after Hume reports warned that social-policy housing cannot carry growth.
Highland Council refused to close Duror Primary School, then watched the September 2025 census still show two pupils against 25 places.