This press release summarises the key results from our latest Fraser of Allander (FAI) Scottish Business Monitor, published in partnership with Addleshaw Goddard. Business sentiment in Scotland has entered negative territory for the first time since the end of 2020 according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor report, with 70% of businesses expecting growth in the Scottish economy to be weak or very weak over the coming year.
The BBC has a useful calculator to compare your present interest rate with any new rate to be announced later today. Interest rates are predicted to rise sharply on Thursday as the Bank of England continues to use its powers to tackle soaring prices.
The first 100km of subsea cable has been successfully installed in the North Sea as part of SSEN Transmission's landmark Shetland High Voltage Direct-Current (HVDC) link project. The £660 million project will involve constructing a 260km subsea cable from Shetland to the GB mainland, linking Shetland to the national grid for the first time, as well as unlocking Shetland's potential for future renewable energy generation.
From SSEN Transmission. Our network region is home to some of the UK's greatest resources of low carbon energy.
Thousands of NHS workers were assaulted at their work last year. The figures are revealed in a UNISON report Violent assaults: NHS staff in Scotland launched today (Thursday).
With thousands of Britons seeking to reduce their energy bills, demand for kiln dried logs has soared in the past year - leading to a spike in prices. The price of kiln dried logs has soared by up to 50% in the 12 months to September 2022, data from price intelligence company Skuuudle has revealed.
Latest step in £600 million winter resilience plan. Scots are being urged to play their part to ease pressure on the NHS this winter as an awareness campaign is launched today (2 November 2022).
Environment Secretary highlights how the UK will champion ending plastic pollution by 2040. The Environment Secretary has today started talks with businesses, environmental groups, scientists and civil society on shaping a legally-binding global treaty that aims to end plastic pollution by 2040.
This article explains what parents can do to help their children in their early years. Parents and carers serve as children's first educators and teachers.
Unlocking innovation in the geospatial ecosystem and driving adoption of location data across the economy are the focus of this new Call for Evidence. The Geospatial Commission has launched a Call for Evidence that urges stakeholders to contribute to the government's evolving strategy to accelerate the UK's use of location data.
Scotland is facing enormous challenges. Inequality is on the rise, an ageing population is increasing the pressure on health and care services, the cost-of-living crisis is putting a strain on household budgets, while the climate emergency is demanding unprecedented change.
A deteriorating economic outlook and the legacy of Trussonomics has left Rishi Sunak's Government on course to announce a fiscal tightening of at least £40 billion which is likely to require tax rises, not just spending cuts, according to new analysis published on Tuesday 1 November 2022 by the Resolution Foundation ahead of the Autumn Statement on 17th November. The new Prime Minister will be handed a grim economic forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which is likely to include a recession next year as GDP forecasts are slashed by up to 4 per cent by the end of 2024.
IPPR, the Institute for Public Policy Research challenges the idea that spending cuts are inevitable, and sets out an approach that would stabilise the economy while ensuring that public services are on a secure footing. After devastating turmoil in markets following the government's mini budget, the key question for the government right now is what its fiscal policy stance should be.
Public Health Scotland (PHS) has published a report looking at whether there was different access to, and use of, private and public greenspace during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to housing tenure. The report has been published on behalf of the Environment and Spaces for Public Health Partnership Group.
Households are experiencing a real-terms income squeeze while some of Britain's largest companies transfer profits to their shareholders at record levels. Taxes on shareholder transfers should be raised to ensure that companies are not channelling profits to their shareholders at a time of national economic crisis.
Proposals to examine the balance of rights between marchers and affected communities. Recommendations to improve how marches and parades are planned and organised across Scotland have been published.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding Self Assessment customers that they must declare COVID-19 payments in their tax return for the 2021 to 2022 tax year. More than 2.9 million people claimed at least one Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) payment up to 5 April 2022.
Scotland's onshore GDP fell by 0.3% in August, after remaining flat (0.0% growth) in July, according to statistics announced today by the Chief Statistician. In the three months to August, GDP is estimated to have fallen by 0.8% compared to the previous three-month period.
HIE has agreed a sub-lease with Moray based Orbex for the spaceport location on community-owned land on the A' Mhoine peninsula in north-west Sutherland. HIE has been developing launch plans for several years and leases the site from Melness Crofters' Estate.
Funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Aviemore based civil and environmental engineering firm McGowan Limited has been contracted by Cairngorm Mountain (Scotland) Limited (CMSL) to carry out the installation works. It involves creating two 100m tracks at the lowest area of the ski slopes next to the Day Lodge.
