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Chambers plan

Call for ‘Growth Act’ to accelerate recovery

Liz Cameron
Liz Cameron: ‘commerce and government to align’ (pic: Terry Murden) Scotland’s new government should introduce a Business Growth Act in its first 100 days to accelerate plans for reviving theRead More

As I See It

Scotland’s google-sized output problem

Terry Murden
As I See It: TERRY MURDEN says worrying trends in Scotland's economy are being overlooked in the election campaign

Monthly analysis

Vaccine impact awaited as short term remains tough

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Shops and other businesses are waiting to reopen (pic: Terry Murden) The longer-term impact of COVID-19 on the Scottish economy is becoming clearer as we get more and better dataRead More

Growth forecast

Scots economy may make up lost ground in two years

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Scotland’s growth may outpace UK average Scotland’s economy could completely regain lost ground within the next two years and outpace the UK-wide average, according to the latest economic forecasting fromRead More

Back in business

Timetable for reopening economy due next week

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Shops and other businesses forced to close hope soon to be trading again (pic: Terry Murden) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out an indicative timetable next week for re-openingRead More

LSE report

Quitting UK ‘would hit Scots economy harder than Brexit’

independence march Edinburgh October 2018
The LSE report gives a devastating verdict on independence (pic: Terry Murden) Leaving the UK would be more damaging to the Scottish economy than Brexit, according to a new report.Read More

Call for new support

Furlough providing a ‘mask’ for threats to economy

Tim Allan: ‘always darkest before dawn’ First signs of a return to confidence in “the most challenging year in living memory” could not conceal underlying and long term threats toRead More

Business facing 'pincer movement'

Firms put brakes on Investment to focus on costs

Pressure on Scottish business is rising, says SCC president   Scottish industrial sectors have experienced an investment slowdown as business costs and Brexit preparations take top priority.  Firms are switchingRead More

Only south east grows faster

Scottish growth expected to dip, but beat UK output

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PwC says the economy faces ‘undoubted challenges’   Economic growth in Scotland is expected to dip to 1.2% this year before accelerating to 1.6% in 2020, according to PwC’s latestRead More

At-a-glance analysis of the economy