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20/7/2022
Earnings And Employment From Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK: July 2022
Early estimates for June 2022 indicate that the number of payrolled employees rose by 3.0% compared with June 2021, a rise of 874,000 employees. The number of payrolled employees was up by 1.9% since February 2020, a rise of 561,000.
20/7/2022
Producer Price Inflation, UK: June 2022 Including Services, April To June 2022
Services Producer Price Index (SPPI) Producer price inflation data Glossary Measuring the data Strengths and limitations Related links Print this statistical bulletin Download as PDF 1.Main points Producer input prices rose by 24.0% in the year to June 2022, up from 22.4% in the year to May 2022; this is the highest the rate has been since records began in January 1985. Producer output (factory gate) prices rose by 16.5% in the year to June 2022, up from 15.8% in the year to May 2022; this is the highest the rate has been since September 1977.
20/7/2022
Can Food Tariff Cuts Really Put A Dent In Inflation? - A Very Small One Maybe
Why do we have tariffs on bananas? So asked prime minister Boris Johnson last month, first during a 9 June speech in Blackpool and then three weeks later while in Madrid for a Nato summit. By cutting "food tariffs we don't need", the government could put a dent in what was already the highest consumer price inflation in four decades, Johnson claimed, speaking in the Spanish capital a week-and-a-half before his eventual defenestration.20/7/2022
UK House Price Index - Average House Prices Increased By 12.8%
UK average house prices increased by 12.8% over the year to May 2022, up from 11.9% in April 2022. The average UK house price was £283,000 in May 2022, which is £32,000 higher than this time last year.
19/7/2022
Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 19 July 2022
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (July 19th) sold 14 Prime Cattle. Prime Bullocks (6) averaged 247.2p per kg (-11.1p) and sold to 254.0p per kg and £1,661.05 gross.19/7/2022
Dr John Campbell On Covid - Unstable Endemicity
Expert predictions rapidly fail, need always to keep up to date with the latest real world situation. Science must be constantly corrected to be consistent with external objective reality.
19/7/2022
Labour Market Trends: July 2022
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity trends, sourced from the Labour Force Survey for Scotland and the UK. Key points Labour Force Survey estimates are presented for March to May 2022, compared with the quarter before (December 2021 to February 2022) and pre-pandemic (December 2019 to February 2020).
19/7/2022
Covid Still Hitting New People
In the week ending 10 July 2022 there were 16,521 reported COVID-19 cases, a decrease of 9.5% from the previous week ending 03 July 2022 (18,248). In the week ending 10 July 2022, 3,384 (20.5%) of all cases reported that week were determined to be reinfections when applying the 90-day threshold.
19/7/2022
Is An Already Tough Year For The NHS About To Get A Lot Tougher?
From a blog at The Nuffield Trust by Sally Gainsbury published 18 July 2022. With talk of tax cuts proving popular in the race to become the next Conservative party leader, and pay rise expectations significantly higher than budgets allow, the NHS could be caught in the crossfire of conflicting demands.19/7/2022
Exploration Of The Pay And Career Progression Experiences Of Women Aged Over 50 In Scotland
Executive summary This report examines experiences of pay and progression among women over 50 years old working in Scotland in two specific sectors: the Finance and Insurance sector, and the Information and Communication sector. The research was conducted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) on behalf of the Fair Work Convention.
19/7/2022
UK employment is strong but real wages are falling fast
Check out Notayesmanseconomics's Blog Tells us what is really happening in parts of the economy and not what the spin doctors send out daily. .19/7/2022
Overview of the July 2022 Fiscal risks and sustainability
From The Office for budget responsibility. In little more than two years, the UK economy and public finances have felt the consequences of a global health crisis caused by Covid-19, a global security crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
18/7/2022
Amber Warning For Extreme Heat Extended In Scotland
Scottish Government's resilience operation activated. The Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) remains in operation as the Met Office Amber warning of extreme heat extends to more parts of Scotland next week.18/7/2022
New Aerospace Innovation To Propel Uk To Growth And Greener Skies Backed By £273 Million
Solar powered aircraft, ultra-efficient wings and medical treatment carrying drones are just some of the technologies the government will back. Solar-powered aircraft and NHS treatment carrying drones are among latest innovations backed by £273 million of government and industry funding.
18/7/2022
UK Sets Out Proposals For New AI Rulebook To Unleash Innovation And Boost Public Trust In The Technology
Comes as Data Protection and Digital Information Bill introduced to Parliament, including measures to use AI responsibly while reducing compliance burdens on businesses to boost the economy Regulators like Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will apply six principles to oversee AI in a range of contexts. New plans for regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) will be published today to help develop consistent rules to promote innovation in this groundbreaking technology and protect the public.
17/7/2022
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Annual Report And Accounts 2021 To 2022
The Nuclear Decommissioning authority Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 sets out the progress made towards our mission of cleaning up and decommissioning the UK's civil nuclear sites. The Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 sets out the significant progress made towards our mission of cleaning up and decommissioning the UK's civil nuclear sites, despite another challenging year responding to changing COVID-19 restrictions.
17/7/2022
Dounreay 2022 - Brochure about Dounreay including the history
Dounreay 2022 A Colour Brochure about Dounreay including the history has been published. It has lots of pictures and is an easy read.
17/7/2022
HIE Recruiting Fresh Talent To Shape Region's Prosperity
Search for for school leavers and recent graduates who want to make a difference to the future of the region. The agency is looking for school leavers and recent graduates who want to make a difference to the future of the region.17/7/2022
Bidding Opens Again For £4.8 Billion Levelling Up Fund
Applications for the second round of the government's Levelling Up Fund now open until 2 August. Councils all over the country can today bid for a share of £4.8 billion of flagship levelling up funding for projects that improve everyday life for people across the UK.
17/7/2022
