Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog summarises the upcoming Budget Bill stages.
Tag: Economy
How is Scotland Performing?
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at how Scotland is performing against the 81 National Indicators in the National Performance Framework.
Budget 2022-23: Mind the (Block Grant Adjustment) Gap
Reading Time: 8 minutes This blog sets out an initial analysis of the Scottish Budget 2022-23.
UK government funding of economic development in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog takes a closer look at the UK government’s Community Renewal Fund, Levelling Up Fund, and Community Ownership Fund, and the questions these funds raise for economic development in Scotland.
Emerging from COP26 – the ‘fight of our lives’
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post summarises the outcomes from COP26.
Earnings in Scotland: 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at the latest data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). About
Retail revolution and postal delivery surcharges
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog explores data around the shift to increased online retail, the impact of this shift on the retail business base, support from the Scottish Government to retail, and the implications for parcel delivery surcharges.
UK Budget and Spending Review 2021 – key points and implications for Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog summarises some key points from the UK Budget and Spending Review and sets out some of the implications for Scotland.
COP26 – What’s on the Agenda?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Introduction COP26 is a global United Nations summit about climate change and how countries are planning to tackle and adapt to it. The United Nations
New report on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on female entrepreneurs in Scotland
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog provides a quick read summary of the findings of a report by Professor Norin Arshed on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on female entrepreneurs in Scotland.