Reading Time: 5 minutes Entrepreneurship at its most basic definition is the process of designing, launching and running a new business. One of the key policy actions of business
Category: Business & Industry
Short term lets: time for regulation?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The growth in short term lets, facilitated by peer to peer online platforms, such as Airbnb, has sparked debate about whether short term lets should
The economic facts and figures of Scottish brewing and distilling
Reading Time: 4 minutes SPICe recently published a briefing about Scotland’s brewing and distilling sectors. The full briefing can be accessed from our Digital Hub. This blog provides a brief overview
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: VAT for businesses
Reading Time: 5 minutes On 23 August 2018, the UK Government began publishing technical notes on the effect of a no-deal Brexit. These notes are intended to provide guidance
What do the latest HMRC Regional Trade Statistics tell us about Scotland’s exports? (Q2 2018)
Reading Time: < 1 minute HMRC publish statistics on the exports of goods for each nation and region of the UK in their Regional Trade Statistics publication. This infographic looks at the
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: trade with EU countries
Reading Time: 5 minutes As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, not those of SPICe or indeed the Scottish Parliament. On 23 August
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: Banking, insurance and other financial services
Reading Time: 4 minutes On 23 August 2018, the UK Government began publishing technical notes on the effect of a no-deal Brexit. These notes are intended to provide guidance
What do the new figures for income tax revenue tell us?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Last week HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published important data in a technical note to its Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18: income tax revenue outturn
Guest blog – A Scottish Publicly Owned Energy Company?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ragne Low from the Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Strathclyde presents a scoping note, commissioned by the Parliament’s Economy, Jobs and Fair
What do the latest HMRC Regional Trade Statistics tell us about Scotland’s exports? (2017/18)
Reading Time: < 1 minute HMRC publish statistics on the exports of goods for each nation and region of the UK in their Regional Trade Statistics publication. This infographic looks