New salmon farmers scheme condemned as “greenwashing opportunity”
A new scheme to penalise salmon farmers when fish escape has been launched. But we found it is controlled by the industry prompting criticism.
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The Scottish Government wanted to keep parts of its Israeli meeting secret. We’ve forced transparency
Scotland's information watchdog has ordered the release of hidden details of Angus Robertson’s meeting with an Israeli diplomat after a lengthy freedom of information battle.
Churches lobbied to avoid reveal of property owners before transparency law
Churches – including the Church of Scotland – urged the Scottish Government to make all religious bodies exempt from revealing the owners
Revealed: The billionaire Wall Street investor behind a Borders shooting estate
A billionaire Wall Street investor and Tory donor is the beneficial owner of a Borders sporting estate which had its
More than 1000 Glasgow private lets owned in tax havens
There are more than 4000 homes being let by overseas landlords in Glasgow, with more than one thousand owned through
Covid cash cover-up prompts call for transparency probe
Emails revealing that the Scottish Government and councils are working together to block the release of information on billions of
Amazon warehouse now owned in tax haven after £6.3m tax payer subsidy
Amazon’s flagship Scottish centre, which received millions of pounds in publicly funded grants, is now owned in a tax
Revealed: Scottish property worth billions owned by tax haven firms
Foreign companies own £4.4 billion worth of Scottish property, The Ferret can reveal, leading to calls for greater transparency