Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at the most recent economic facts and figures for Scotland’s brewing and distilling sectors. A key trend has been the uplift in employment.
Category: Economy & Finance
The joint Scottish-Irish review – an unprecedented step?
Reading Time: 5 minutes On 4 November 2019, the Scottish and Irish Governments announced “a joint bilateral review to look at how the countries can work together over the next five years.” This blog looks at the details of the announcement and provides a snapshot of the links that already exist between the two countries.
Guest Blog: The United States and the European Union trading blows
Reading Time: 4 minutes This guest blog by SPICe Academic Fellow Filippo Fontanelli examines the wave of tariff increases on EU imports ordered by the United States Government in October 2019.
Earnings in Scotland 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutes A look at the latest earnings data for Scotland from the ONS.
Scotland’s schools: a new LEIP forward?
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog outlines plans for the next phase of school investment.
How to count to net-zero: Part 2
Reading Time: 5 minutes How can we know if Scotland’s public spending today will deliver Scotland’s climate targets in 2030 and beyond?