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5 Things you need to know from the Spring Statement (2 minute read) 15/03/2023
Today, the UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his Spring Budget for 2023. It included numerous measures aimed at returning people to work and weak attempts to tackle the cost of living crisis. This blog will break down the top 5 measures and cover them from a Scottish perspective. Energy Price Guarantee Frozen The […]
No honesty in Budget about Brexit’s economic damage 14/03/2023
When the Chancellor of the UK Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his budget on Wednesday, he will trumpet whatever sticking plaster measures he and his team come up with – but don’t expect any honesty about the damage that Brexit is doing to the UK economy. The UK’s growth is stagnant while other countries are pulling […]
SNP leadership candidates respond to Business for Scotland’s 10 key questions 12/03/2023
Last week Business for Scotland wrote on behalf of our members to each of the candidates for the SNP leadership asking them to answer ten key questions about the economic policy, relations with business, EU membership, and independence. We would like to thank the candidates not only for their time and effort to respond within […]
Business for Scotland seeks clarity from SNP leadership candidates on business and economic policy 01/03/2023
Business for Scotland, the campaigning business network for pro-independence businesspeople, has written to all of the candidates in the SNP leadership race seeking clarity on how they intend to reset the SNP’s relationship with business and to explain their business and economic vision for an independent Scotland. Ten questions for the SNP leadership candidates. Do […]
Light-touch border between Ireland/NI and the UK could be a model for independent Scotland 01/03/2023
The ‘Windsor Framework’ doesn’t change the underlying reality that Northern Ireland has what Scotland wanted and voted for – access to the EU single market. But it does streamline the light-touch border between Ireland/Northern Ireland and the UK – that could be a model for an independent Scotland. Rishi Sunak is “over the moon” that […]
Scottish business leaders angered by Brexit – as at least £2.5bn is lost in investment 20/02/2023
Scottish business leaders are speaking out in ever stronger terms as they count the cost of a hard Brexit Scotland didn’t vote for. In one example, the President of the National Farmers Union of Scotland told their annual conference last week that the post-Brexit chaos could “write off” the Scottish farming industry. A senior […]
Oil company profits double but are they taxed appropriately? 07/02/2023
Shell last week reported an annual profit of almost $40bn for 2022 (£33.3bn). This is double their profits of $19.2bn (£16bn) for 2021 and smashed their previous record of $28.4bn (£23.7bn) set in 2008. Just today, BP also reported profits for 2022 of $28bn (£23.3bn), more than double the amount it made in 2021 and […]
Brexit three years on – still an unmitigated disaster for Scotland 31/01/2023
It has now been almost seven years since the UK voted to leave the European Union and three years since the UK left the EU in direct conflict with the stated democratic will of the Scottish people. The Scottish electorate was ignored and Scotland was ripped from the European community against what has now been […]
Scotland’s energy future – Damaged by five UK government failures 25/01/2023
Scotland currently produces the most renewable energy per capita among the UK nations and is a potential global leader in this field. Hydrogen in particular could represent Scotland’s greatest industrial opportunity since the discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea. The technology has the power to unleash huge economic benefits while supporting […]
Energy could be the issue that tips Scotland into independence 21/12/2022
Energy has become a major issue pushing Scotland towards independence. People across Scotland can see that they are being ripped off – they pay the highest electricity bills in the world despite living in an energy-rich country. “Scotland has the energy – it just needs the power”, MP Stephen Flynn told Westminster last week. He […]