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
Category: Economy & Finance
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
Budget 2018-19 – where now?
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs we enter a new year, Parliament’s attention turns to the setting of the Budget for financial year 2018-19. Initial spending and tax proposals were