Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog contains up-to-date links to a selection of trusted and official external sources of information relating to support available for individuals and organisations to help with the cost crisis.
Tag: Economy
Medium term financial strategy – decisions pushed back
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog discusses last week’s Scottish Government Medium Term Financial Strategy.
Economic and supply chain impacts of wind energy in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog considers the current and potential future economic impacts of the wind energy industry in Scotland.
What is a “wellbeing economy”?
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog explores the idea of a wellbeing economy and how it is influencing Scottish Government policy.
Import of EU goods to Scotland – what checks are happening?
Reading Time: 9 minutes This blog sets out what checks will be needed on goods coming from the EU and why those checks aren’t already happening. It then sets out some background on how Scotland is preparing its international border posts for the imposition of checks.
From tiny acorns, mighty net zero economies grow? Carbon capture and storage in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog explores the background to carbon capture, utilisation and storage, the proposals for the development of a Scottish Cluster, and what progress has been made so far
UK Budget 2023: the Hunt for growth
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog summarises key measures from yesterday’s UK Budget and the implications for Scotland.
How is Scotland Performing?
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at how Scotland is performing against the 81 National Indicators in the National Performance Framework.
Green freeports in Scotland: opportunities and challenges as we transition to a net zero economy
Reading Time: 7 minutes On 13 January 2023 the Scottish and UK governments announced that the Inverness and Cromarty Firth and Forth Green Freeports had been jointly selected to
Progress with a Scottish Deposit Return Scheme – where are we now?
Reading Time: 8 minutes This blog summarises the Scottish DRS scheme, concerns raised recently about its implementation and how the Scottish Government has responded. At the time of writing the Scottish Government remains committed to the August 2023 start date.