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Billionaire family linked to trade unionist blacklisting scandal are Tory donors
A billionaire family once headed by a key player in an operation which blacklisted trade unionists and others…
October 6, 2024
FFS explains: Trade after Brexit
Ferret Fact Service looks at how the UK's trade with other countries is affected after leaving the European Union.
January 25, 2021
Saudi Arabia trade plan dropped by Scottish Government after killing of journalist
Ministers halted the hiring of a middleman to boost oil and gas business with Saudi Arabia amid mounting international outrage.
October 23, 2018
Claim on Scotland’s positive trade balance compared to UK nations is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim from campaign group Business for Scotland about Scotland's exports and imports.
March 20, 2018
FFS explains: how does EU trade work?
Ferret Fact Service takes a look at how European Union trade works, and what the UK's options may be after Brexit.
July 19, 2017
Brexit trade deals with the US and Australia are not ‘in the bag’
Ferret Fact Service assesses Lord Digby Jones's tweet that trade deals with the US and Australia are 'in the bag'.
July 16, 2017
UK firms at centre of growing global mercenary trade
British security firms have been accused of making vast profits from misery in the world’s war zones.
February 8, 2016
Whisky, salmon and the black, black oil: Who runs Scotland’s most iconic exports?
In our Who Runs Scotland series so far, we have revealed the industries which have the most access…
April 23, 2025
Influence games: the revolving door between politics, media and PR
Scotland’s most influential public relations companies are staffed by former politicians, government ministers, spin doctors and newspaper editors, The Ferret has found, as we looked at the “revolving door” between politics, the media and lobbying.
April 14, 2025