Scotland's Economy

  • R100 programme deployment of superfast broadband gets underway.

    18th August 2020 by

    Major infrastructure work is now underway to make rural Scotland one of the best digitally connected places in Europe. Work has begun in the South of Scotland to build full-fibre broadband infrastructure – funded through the Scottish Government’s Reaching 100% (R100) programme. This new infrastructure is expected to be delivered to the first premises by…

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  • This week: 19/4/19

    18th April 2019 by

    Labour Market Statistics Scotland’s Labour Market statistics from December 2018 to February 2019 showed: 2,688,000 people are now in work in Scotland Scotland’s employment rate rose by 0.3 p.p. over the quarter  to 75.6% Unemployment in Scotland fell to 3.3%, the lowest rate on record Scotland’s youth employment rate is 59.5%, higher than UK rate…

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