The latest Addleshaw Goddard Business Monitor report – produced in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute – indicates that firms are more optimistic about their expected volume of business over the next six months with employment also expected to increase.
Some of the parties have committed to infrastructure or capital programmes, which can have very large sums attached to them over multiple years. Often, though, there will also be estimates for the number of jobs “created” or “supported” due to these programmes. But how do the parties come up with these numbers?
Economic theory tells us that trade can help boost employment outcomes in the long run. However, the benefits of trade are not necessarily experienced equally, or at all. Today we have published a new report which examines how jobs in the UK are supported by exporting activities, including how these supported jobs differentially impact different parts of society.
With the pandemic forcing many people to work from home for the first time, much has been said about how home working could influence the future of work. But which jobs are likely to be most or least affected by home working? And what are businesses saying about their experience so far?
How could the pandemic and the UK’s new trading relationship with the EU interact to affect Scottish businesses and Local Authorities?
In this latest podcast, the FAI cover the latest findings of the Scottish Business Monitor and economic news. Why did 2 in 5 firms plan redundancies before the furlough extension? What are businesses views on homeworking and Government? And, what does the latest GDP and jobs data tell us?
So, following up from last week’s news that the UK is in recession, we’ve had official confirmation that Scotland is also. Monthly GDP statistics published this morning by the Scottish Government confirm that the economy contracted by 19.7% in Q2, following a contraction in Q1 of 2.5%.
The Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor, produced in partnership with the Fraser of Allander Institute shows that as lockdown restrictions begin to ease and the economy starts to open back up, sentiment amongst the Scottish business community is showing some tentative signs of improvement. However, the overall outlook remains challenging.
In this podcast, Graeme Roy is joined by Mairi Spowage and James Black to discuss the latest results from the Fraser of Allander Scottish Business Monitor. The survey, done in partnership with law firm Addleshaw Goddard, has been running since 1998, and seeks to capture business activity and outlook in …
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As the full lockdown in Scotland begins its third week, we are all getting used to the restrictions on social distancing, and, for those of us lucky enough to be working from home, new ways of working. The focus of course remains as it should on the public health crisis. …
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