Reading Time: 9 minutesThis post answers some key questions about data centres and their development in Scotland, with a focus on resources use and national planning policy.
Category: Business & Industry
Good Food Nation: we have a plan, but does it have any teeth?
Reading Time: 10 minutesThis guest blog details the latest developments in Scottish food policy, including the publication of the first National Good Food Nation Plan, the twist and turns around the secondary legislation meant to give it effect, and what may come next.
Global instability, energy prices, and the cost of living in 2026
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis blog looks at how the war in the Middle East could impact businesses and households in Scotland
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill – looking ahead to Stage 3
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog gives an overview of the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill, summarising Stage 1 and 2 ahead of the Stage 3 debate in March 2026.
SPICe Hub: draft Climate Change Plan
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Scottish Government published a draft Climate Change Plan (CCP) on 6 November 2025, marking the start of 120 days of its parliamentary scrutiny (until 5 March).
Climate Change Plan: Business and IndustryÂ
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog sets out what is in the Scottish Government’s draft Climate Change Plan for industry, including the impact of negative emissions technologies.
Climate Change Plan: decarbonising energy supply in Scotland
Reading Time: 10 minutesThe blog looks at the detail of electricity and fuel supply in Scotland and examines what is set out in the draft CCP.
Climate Change Plan: policies, proposals and sector summaries.
Reading Time: 12 minutesBlog that sets out the approach to policy description in the draft Scottish climate change plan and summarises the details for each of the main decarbonisation sectors.
UK Budget 2025 – a fiscal Reev-olution?
Reading Time: 10 minutesThis blog gives an overview of the UK Budget on 26 November 2025, setting out some of the main impacts on Scotland.
Recent developments in food policy across the UK
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis post provides further details on other recent announcements relevant to food policy in Scotland, as well as parallel developments in food policy in the rest of the UK.