The University of Strathclyde
With an economic crisis looming, we thought that it would be helpful to unpick what we know about the underlying business base in Scotland. And in particular, how the current business base is equipped to deal with the current economic uncertainty given its changing nature over the last few years.
New podcast in collaboration with PeopleFirst Scotland on the impact of Covid-19 on human rights and the exclusion of people with learning disabilities
This update provides a snapshot of new data on the Scottish economy and households based on data released in the last fortnight. The latest GDP figures for the UK were published today showing that the UK economy grew by 2.1% in August – disappointing growth particularly as we move towards tougher restrictions.
Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute is joined by Adam McGeoch and David Eiser of the Fraser of Allander Institute and Steve Williams, Senior Partner at Deloitte to discuss todays Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary.
We published our latest economic commentary today, in this article we summarise in 10 key bullet points
The latest Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary: The Scottish economy is at a key crossroads in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the outlook particularly uncertain.
GDP estimates for Scotland published this week show that the Scottish economy grew by 6.8% in July compared to June. The number of furloughed workers has fallen significantly between July and August in Scotland and the rest of the UK as the Job Retention Scheme started to be wound down. Accommodation & food services and arts, entertainment, and recreation continue to be the sectors which have been most negatively impacted.
Orkney is a unique economy within Scotland and has a number of economic strengths that are evidenced throughout this report. We discuss the key opportunities and challenges facing this Island economy.
This update provides a snapshot of new data on the Scottish economy and households based on data released in the last fortnight. Last month we had official confirmation that Scotland was in a recession in the first half of the year and earlier this month we discussed that the recovery from this recession is likely going to be K-shaped with different sectors experiencing varied recovery times.
Emma Congreve and Graeme Roy were joined by the distinguished economist Jeremy Peat to discuss the current economic situation and how things are looking over the next few months and years. We discussed the challenges that are ahead, including the virus re-emerging on a large scale, and in terms of issues around those businesses and people who will be most affected by the crisis and how government policy will need to react going forward.