Tag: Economy
Bid to recognise Queensferry High Street as town centre to protect retail space
Edinburgh Council is being urged to officially recognise Queensferry as a ‘town centre’ amid concerns over the “death of the high street” through retail space being stripped out.
Other than the city centre the capital...
Business – RBS economist headlines latest Chamber lunch
The guest speaker at the next Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber lunch is Seb Burnside, Chief Economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland.
And he will discuss economic factors and changes in East Lothian and...
How is our city’s economy performing? Councillor Ross has the answers
Ahead of the City Chambers live Question Time event, the Economy Convener, Councillor Frank Ross writes to explain the budget challenges for the city's Economic Development department for which he is responsible.
Councillor Ross is...
Tourism body’s marketing campaigns declared a success
The organisation tasked with maximising the benefit of tourism to our national economy, VisitScotland, reports today that it has brought in £310m of benefit for the Scottish economy since in the last year, and...
Scotland has potential to be world leader in renewables
Scotland could earn £2 billion a year exporting electricity and become a world leader in new-energy technology, a leading think tank forecasts today.
But the country will realise its full potential only if energy policy...
Budget ‘must’ help Scotland
The Chancellor must match rhetoric with action by promoting economic growth and protecting motorists in the forthcoming UK Budget, John Swinney said today. The UK budget will be presented to Westminster on 23 March.
Cabinet...
Fraser of Allander Institute think Scotland’s economy is lagging behind the UK
Scotland's economic recovery is forecast to be weaker than the UK’s according to the latest Economic Commentary from the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
The Institute’s new revised central...
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