GERS 2020: Socially distance yourself from the myths and furore
It’s GERS week! Graeme Roy is joined by Mairi Spowage to talk about GERS, what it is, and try to dispel some of the myths that surround it.
Covid-19 and the hospitality sector
Mairi Spowage is joined by Rebecca Moore, VP of Operations at TravelNest, a software platform for holiday lets, and Gordon Murray, owner of Craigmaddie Muir Farm and user of TravelNest, to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the hospitality sector.
Labour market and household finances: where are we now and what next?
Graeme Roy is joined by colleagues Emma Congreve and Stuart McIntyre to talk about what we know so far about the impact of the pandemic on the labour market and household finances and what may happen in the next few months.
Economy and Budget Round up
Graeme Roy is joined by colleagues Mairi Spowage and David Eiser to discuss what we currently know about economic conditions and outlook given the coronavirus crisis, and how this might impact on the Scottish Budget Outlook.
Poverty in Scotland: A discussion with JRF on progress pre, during and post Covid-19
At the end of the parliamentary year, we would normally have received a progress report form the Scottish Government on their efforts to tackle child poverty and how they are making progress towards the statutory child poverty targets. The report has been postponed indefinitely, but this doesn’t mean that work …
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Poverty, Educational Attainment and Covid-19
Mairi Spowage is joined by colleague Emma Congreve from the Fraser of Allander Institute and Dr Jonathan Norris from the Department of Economics at Strathclyde to discuss the release of two new economic perspective articles on Friday 29 June. Issues around poverty and the poverty related attainment gap were core …
The short and long term implications for the Global, UK and Scottish economy, with Stephen Boyle and Professor Andrew Goudie
Graeme Roy is joined by Mairi Spowage and Stephen Boyle of the Fraser of Allander Institute, and Professor Andrew Goudie of the University of Strathclyde to discuss the latest economic implications of the global crisis. The team discuss the current ongoing economic implications for the global, UK and Scottish economies, …
A preview of the FAI Quarterly Economic Commentary with Deloitte
Graeme Roy, Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute is joined by Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director of the Institute and Steve Williams, Senior Partner at Deloitte to discuss the upcoming Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary. The Institute will set out the key messages from the latest Quarterly Economic Commentary, including …
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Business and the new normal, a conversation with Calum Paterson
Graeme Roy is joined by Calum Paterson, Managing Partner at Scottish Equity Partners to discuss how businesses have been affected by the crisis, how they are having to adapt to the new face of the economy and the long term role policymakers have to play in order to support businesses. …
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Making the restart work for business and employees
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 …
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