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An oil rig in the North Sea, oil production is centred in the waters off the Scottish northeast coast. The oil industry in Scotland was largely created upon the discovery of North Sea oil. The country is one of the world’s leading oil producers, and in 2020, oil and gas contributed £13.8 billion to the Scottish economy and supported 100,000 ...
Excluding intra UK trade, the European Union and the United States constitute the largest markets for Scotland's exports. In the 21st century, with the high rates of growth in many emerging economies of southeast Asia such as China, Thailand and Singapore, there was a drive towards marketing Scottish products and manufactured goods in these ...
The primary sources of electricity generation in Scotland are provided through renewable energy (61.8%), nuclear (25.7%) and fossil fuel generation (10.9%). [1] Whitelee Wind Farm is the largest onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom, and was Europe's largest onshore wind farm for some time. [2]
John Lamont said those living near the Scottish border are considering moving south to England ‘every day of the week’. Residents cannot justify living in Scotland due to high taxes, claims ...
More from Scotland's papers. The Herald. The Scotsman. Daily Record. The Scottish Sun. Daily Mail. Scottish Daily Express. The Times. The Telegraph. The National. The Courier. The P&J. Glasgow ...
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The houses at Knap of Howar, demonstrating the beginning of settled agriculture in Scotland. Scotland is roughly half the size of England and Wales, but has only between a fifth and a sixth of the amount of the arable or good pastoral land, which made marginal pastoral farming and, with its extensive coastline (roughly the same amount of coastline as all of the rest of Great Britain at 4,000 ...
The Scottish Affairs Committee said the UK and Scottish Governments must reflect on how future policy impacts rural Scots.