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@theferret.scot“The ultimate beneficial owners of CX Tech Ltd should clarify how and where they plan to pay tax on income and gains from their Chapelcross proposal”
@theferret.scotReposted by @theferret.scot🔴 NEW: Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.
Our latest: https://www.theferret.scot/p/4a1b1815-87fe-4c9b-89b8-af75e5f15378/
@theferret.scot🔴 NEW: Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.
Our latest: https://www.theferret.scot/p/4a1b1815-87fe-4c9b-89b8-af75e5f15378/
@theferret.scot🔴 Last week, we revealed that Dundee university’s £80m cash balance was being examined to decide if it qualified for further taxpayer support
Now its next £7m bailout has been refused.
But the uni says there will be no pause to job cuts.
Full story 👉 https://bit.ly/473PkbL
@theferret.scotA £6.5m redevelopment of a Gypsy Traveller site near Perth has left some residents fearing for their cultural rights. They say new fixed homes and restrictions on sleeping in caravans threaten their way of life.
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@theferret.scot“If this backup communications system relies on a single balloon, the public deserves to know what happened in this incident”
@theferret.scotA former nuclear submarine commander has warned the MoD that its silence over the reported Trident communications balloon accident “leaves conspiracy theorists a clear field”
@theferret.scot“We’re not commenting on this.” That’s the MoD’s response to questions about the reported crash of a balloon designed to provide emergency communications with Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines
@theferret.scot🔴 NEW: Local people filmed a large balloon meant to provide last-ditch communications in a nuclear war deflating and crashing. But the Ministry of Defence won’t say anything about it.
Our latest: https://www.theferret.scot/p/41255087-05fe-460d-a1a4-0f73e4552d87/
@theferret.scotFrom fire-ravaged Victorian hospitals to abandoned industrial sites, dereliction affects communities across Scotland. We looked at why so many buildings remain empty and the obstacles to giving them another life
@theferret.scotScotland’s abandoned buildings aren’t just a heritage problem. Experts argue reusing existing buildings can also avoid the carbon emissions associated with demolition, construction and new materials
@theferret.scot“History happens in and around buildings.” An architecture professor says saving Scotland’s derelict buildings can preserve cultural memory while avoiding some of the carbon associated with building replacements
@theferret.scot🔴 NEW: Derelict buildings across Scotland are creating a plethora of problems. Local communities are bearing the brunt.
Our latest: https://www.theferret.scot/p/be1a0988-cb69-47a2-8c23-48b19109cc83/
@theferret.scotA total of 36 boats have been fined £140,000 in the last 10 months for entering Scotland's marine protected areas. But campaigners claim the fines are too small and may not be a sufficient deterrent. Read the story in full: https://bit.ly/46SD5Pe
@theferret.scot🔴 800 jobs have gone at the University of Dundee since 2024, with redundancies continuing. Management says the cuts are needed to make ends meet
So why is PwC investigating if they have too much cash to get £27m in taxpayer bailouts?
Full story 👉 https://bit.ly/4iSUO0a
@theferret.scotReposted by @theferret.scotNEW: Audit firm PwC is examining whether the University of Dundee has too much cash to be eligible for £27m in taxpayer bailout funding.
The university had £85m in cash at the end of June, we understand.
Read the full story 👉 https://bit.ly/4iSUO0a
@theferret.scotNEW: Audit firm PwC is examining whether the University of Dundee has too much cash to be eligible for £27m in taxpayer bailout funding.
The university had £85m in cash at the end of June, we understand.
Read the full story 👉 https://bit.ly/4iSUO0a
@theferret.scotThe Scottish Government's years-long support of Ming Yang is under renewed scrutiny after we unearthed a court judgement from a 2015 corruption trial in China.
@theferret.scotGypsy Travellers have been persecuted for centuries. But despite a Scottish Government apology last June for the Tinker Experiment – which tried to assimilate them into settled culture – some claim their cultural rights are still being denied.
@theferret.scotThe Scottish Government has continued to back Ming Yang’s proposed investment at Ardersier despite national security concerns. It’s now being accused of a “staggering” failure of due diligence on the firm.
https://www.theferret.scot/boss-of-snp-backed-wind-firm-named-in-bribery-scandal
