Reading Time: 5 minutesHow have the UK and Scottish governments planned for leaving the Brexit transition period at the end of the year with no agreement governing the EU-UK future relationship?
Category: Economy & Finance
Guest blog: How to achieve green recovery from COVID-19? Expert views, and their alignment with Scottish Government proposals
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog summarises recent research as part of a SPICe fellowship which investigated policies and interventions that experts agree should form part of a green recovery from COVID-19.
COVID-19 Barnett consequentials: filling in the gaps
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Scottish Government recently announced further plans for the allocation of the COVID-19 Barnett consequentials. This blog looks at the detail of the announcement.
UK Spending Review 2020: an economic emergency
Reading Time: 3 minutesA look at the UK Spending Review 2020 and implications for Scotland.
Online shopping for Scots: bah humbug or yuletide joy?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe momentous shift to online retail has created a range of issues for Scottish consumers and policy makers. Some of these issues are explored here, including parcel delivery surcharges, decline of traditional retail, and the implications for festive shopping.
Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill – the story so far
Reading Time: 6 minutesOn Tuesday 24 November 2020, the Scottish Parliament will consider the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 3. This blog looks at the
Infrastructure Investment Plan: supporting Scotland’s environmental ambitions?
Reading Time: 4 minutesDoes the draft Infrastructure Investment Plan support the Scottish Government’s climate and environmental ambitions?
COVID-19 Barnett consequentials guarantee up again: more certainty, less clarity
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe amount guaranteed to the Scottish Government as a result of COVID-19 Barnett consequentials has increased to £8.2 billion. But how can these funds be scrutinised?
Earnings in Scotland 2020
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog explores the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earning. It looks at some of the challenges with the data and what impact the pandemic has had on wages across the UK and in selected sectors in Scotland.
COVID-19: accelerating towards a cashless society?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe decline in the use of physical notes and coin in the UK is not a new phenomenon. In July 2018 the Scottish Parliament’s Economy,