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Next week, we’ll be publishing our latest Fraser of Allander Commentary, in partnership with Deloitte. It promises to be a bumper edition. So much so, that we’ve decided to stagger our articles over the course of the week – so that there is no excuse not to read all of …
Emma Congreve is joined by Alan Thornburrow, Scotland Director at Business in the Community (BITC) to discuss how businesses have been adapting, the challenges that face them in starting to reopen, and the longer term issues that businesses and government need to face. Chair Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute …
Making the restart work for business and employees Read More »
The Scottish economy remains, in effect, in significant lockdown even as we edge toward the end of the second week of Phase 1 of the Scottish Government’s route-map for lifting the COVID-19 restrictions.
Last week the Scottish Government announced that the country is moving into Phase 1 of lockdown easing. With nice sunny weather over the weekend, this has allowed people in Scotland to meet with another household outdoors in a physically distanced way. However, there have not been significant changes with respect …
One of the challenging features of this crisis is that traditional economic statistics aren’t the best at tracking the reality of what is going on in the economy at the current time, or getting ahead of understanding the risks facing businesses and employers. Why? Metrics such as GDP, turnover and …
Today, a new website has been launched – the Economics Observatory (ECO) – that aims to offer insights into the economics of the Covid-19 crisis and the recovery. The initiative, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), draws on the expertise of economists from over 25 universities and …
The closure of schools and childcare facilities have meant most parents currently have their children at home. Given the expectation that children won’t return to full time education for some time yet, this raises big questions over the quality of their education and the ability of their parents to juggle …
What Coronavirus means for education, childcare and working parents Read More »
As of today (Friday 29th May) Scotland is starting to emerge slowly from its enforced spring hibernation. Whilst easing of the restrictions allowing households to meet at a 2m distance outside will be welcome news for many, we are unlikely to see any immediate big changes in economic indicators. More …
Slow and not so sure – the latest data on the Scottish economy and households Read More »
The CoVid-19 pandemic has awoken many to the role that key workers play in our society. But who exactly are they, and what do we know about them? This short article provides a summary of analysis carried out using pre-crisis Labour Force Survey data to help give us a basic …
7 key things about key workers in Scotland and what it tells us Read More »
Mairi Spowage is joined by David Eiser from the FAI, Dr Ed Poole and Guto Ifan from the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, and David Philips from the Institute For Fiscal Studies to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on devolved fiscal frameworks.