Reading Time: 4 minutesAt the beginning of February I shared an update to the local government finance settlement at Stage 1 of the Budget Bill 2018-19. The figures
Category: Economy & Finance
Gross Value Added (GVA) and Scotland’s sectors
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is GVA? Gross Value Added (GVA) is a key indicator of the state of the whole economy, an important performance measure, and helps inform
Budget Bill Stage 3 – the final parliamentary hurdle
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Budget for financial year 2018-19 passed its final parliamentary hurdles on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The ‘Rate Resolution’ debate and vote on
Public sector pay: an end to the squeeze?
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs part of the 2018-19 Draft Budget, the Scottish Government announced an easing of its policy on public sector pay. Starting in 2011-12, public sector
Budget Stage 1 – what is the impact on local government?
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter yesterday’s Stage 1 announcements, we have published three blogs on the Budget on SPICe Spotlight today – a blog on income tax, a blog
Budget Bill Stage 1 – What are the changes to income tax?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat was proposed at Stage 1? Stage 1 of the Budget Bill for 2018-19 was debated at Holyrood yesterday afternoon. The Government reached a deal
Budget Bill Stage 1 – Deal!
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Budget Bill for next year was debated at Holyrood yesterday. Derek Mackay, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution provided details of the deal
Private financing of Scotland’s infrastructure
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe National Audit Office recently published a report looking at the role of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its replacement, PF2, in funding infrastructure
Scotland’s exports
Reading Time: 3 minutesIncreasing the value of Scotland’s exports is extremely important to the Scottish Government. Internationalisation is, after-all, one of its “4 I” economic priorities (as set
What do the latest statistics on economic growth tell us?
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 17 January 2018 the Scottish Government published Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Quarter 3 2017. SPICe has published an infographic analysing these figures available on