Pressure on the Gulf states’ budgets could cause them to review their overseas investments and future commitments as they consider options to ease the financial strain caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran
Air travel heavily disrupted following Iranian strikes
Tens of thousands of travellers left stranded while businesses ask staff to work from home
Panic in the Gulf as Iran lashes out at US allies
Tehran targets regional countries housing American bases despite their refusal to allow attacks from their territory
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Data leak at Abu Dhabi finance summit exposes politicians and business leaders
Personal documents including passports belonging to hundreds of attendees of ADFW found online
‘It was a cry for help’: the desperate attempt to save Labour in Scotland
Party’s Scottish leader Anas Sarwar has taken biggest gamble of his political career in calling for Keir Starmer to resign
UAE treated poorly over failed Telegraph bid, says Nigel Farage
Reform UK leader visits Abu Dhabi to generate funds and boost ties with Gulf petrostate
Businesses fear blowback from Saudi-UAE rift
Emirates workers have had visas to the kingdom rejected since tensions erupted between the Gulf powerhouses
Abu Dhabi folds assets worth $263bn into new wealth fund controlled by crown prince
Combining ADQ with L’imad marks generational shift of investment influence to heir apparent
Arab and Muslim powers mount last-ditch effort to avert US-Iran conflict
Diplomats fear that Tehran will see Washington’s demands as tantamount to surrender and resist them
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Nigel Farage seeks meeting with UAE president to boost profile and build ties
A meeting with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan would deepen Reform UK leader’s links to the oil-rich Gulf state
How Iran’s regime retook the streets
Details emerge of unprecedented crackdown, raising questions over future of protest movement
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Arab governments believe US-Iran tension ‘de-escalated’
Moves of US military personnel and aircraft carrier keep region on edge
US evacuates personnel from Qatar military base as Donald Trump threatens Iran
Move comes amid growing concern American action against Tehran could destabilise region
Tiny satellites take Glasgow to the stars
Scotland’s space industry has become a leader in manufacturing the small modular units
UAE cuts funds for citizens keen to study in UK over Muslim Brotherhood tensions
Emirates’ fear of Islamist radicalisation weighs on exclusion of British universities from scholarships
Power grid jobs boom as UK energy shifts away from fossil fuels
Electricity network owners are hiring at fastest pace since 1950s
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Whisky galore: Donald Trump’s tariffs and cost of living pressures create glut of undrunk Scotch
Concern over rural economies as distilleries left with a surplus that has forced some to pause or scale back production
UK backs £150mn package for Ineos’s Grangemouth chemical plant
Government says investment will protect 500 jobs at a time when facilities across Europe are being shut down
North Sea executives tell Reeves windfall tax is weighing on investment
Warning comes as Harbour Energy says it will axe 100 of its offshore workforce after chancellor kept headline 78% levy
How protesters are turning to AI in the fight against rural infrastructure
Campaigners develop tool that can draft planning objection documents far more sophisticated than templates previously used
North Sea oil and gas groups given go-ahead for new drilling
Fields connected to existing rigs and pipelines will be explored following consultation on future of industry
A chart of the projected percentage point increase un share of income paid as income tax and national insurance from 2025/25 through to 2029/30. It whos that 'fiscal drag' is set to hit those at or near frozen personal tax thresholds
Screenshot of financial times fiscal drag calculator.
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UK ministers accuse Exxon of failing to engage constructively over Scottish plant
US oil group cancelled meetings during talks to save Mossmorran ethylene unit, official correspondence claims
