Reading Time: 4 minutesScotland’s new devolved employment service, Fair Start Scotland (FSS), was launched in April. It is too early to say whether it’s been successful or not;
Category: Economy & Finance
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: EU funding
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn 23 August the UK Government began publishing technical notes on the effect of a no-deal Brexit. These notes are intended to provide guidance to
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit – public procurement
Reading Time: 5 minutesOn 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 to
Building for the Future? The Scottish Government’s plans for infrastructure investment
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 2018 Programme for Government included significant commitments on future infrastructure investment. Announcing the Programme for Government, the First Minister said: “We will make it
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: VAT for businesses
Reading Time: 5 minutesOn 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 minuteHMRC 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 minutesAs with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, not those of SPICe or indeed the Scottish Parliament. On 23 August
How accurate were the SFC’s forecasts and what does this mean for the Budget?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) published three documents on Wednesday – a Forecast Evaluation Report 2017-18; a Value Added Tax (VAT) Approach to Forecasting and
Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: Banking, insurance and other financial services
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn 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 minutesLast 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