{"id":3599,"date":"2019-04-18T16:26:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T15:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2019-04-18T16:29:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T15:29:36","slug":"this-week-19-4-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/2019\/04\/18\/this-week-19-4-19\/","title":{"rendered":"This week: 19\/4\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Labour Market Statistics<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/LMS-people-in-work-.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3609 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/LMS-people-in-work--300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/LMS-people-in-work--300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/LMS-people-in-work--768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/LMS-people-in-work-.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/LMS-people-in-work--750x375.png 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/LMS-people-in-work--802x401.png 802w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/150;\" \/><\/a>Scotland\u2019s Labour Market statistics from December 2018 to February 2019 showed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2,688,000 people are now in work in Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Scotland\u2019s employment rate rose by 0.3 p.p. over the quarter\u00a0 to 75.6%<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment in Scotland fell to 3.3%, the lowest rate on record<\/li>\n<li>Scotland\u2019s youth employment rate is 59.5%, higher than UK rate of 55.1%<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment rates for Scotland\u2019s women (2.8%), men (3.8%) and young people (7.2%) are lower than the UK<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment rates in Scotland (3.3%) are lower than the UK (3.9%) for the seventh month in a row<\/li>\n<li>Scotland\u2019s unemployment rate for men at 3.8% is the lowest on record and below the UK rate of 4.1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(ONS: December 2018 to February 2019)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/Topics\/Statistics\/Browse\/Labour-Market\/LMTrends\">Read more on Labour Market Statistics<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>STUC<\/h3>\n<p>First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed the 122nd annual STUC congress this week. The First Minister&#8217;s speech set out the Scottish Government&#8217;s support for fair work and the economy in the face of EU exit uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/news\/tackling-skills-shortages\/\">Read more on STUC<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Ireland visits<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/KF-ireland-visit-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3610 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/KF-ireland-visit-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/KF-ireland-visit-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/KF-ireland-visit-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/KF-ireland-visit-1-384x512.jpg 384w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/KF-ireland-visit-1-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/KF-ireland-visit-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/240;\" \/><\/a>As part of the Scottish Government&#8217;s development of a strategic integrated plan, Digital Economy Minister Kate Forbes visited Ireland\u00a0to seek to work collaboratively with Irish partners to enhance Scotland\u2019s fibre connectivity capabilities.<\/p>\n<h3>Launch of new Broadband cabinet<\/h3>\n<p>Connectivity Minister Paul Wheelhouse visited the National Electricity Control Centre to help support a wider understanding of our work to manage the electricity network in Scotland.<\/p>\n<h3>A77 route<\/h3>\n<p>A major infrastructure contract to improve the vital South West A77 route has been awarded and will bring added economic benefits during construction, national transport agency Transport Scotland has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Wills Bros Civil Engineering Limited has been awarded the \u00a331.5m construction contract to build the Maybole Bypass on the A77.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe local community will benefit from opportunities created for small and medium enterprises to bid for subcontractor roles and the provision of at least four vocational and seven professional, site-based training opportunities. The contractor anticipates that the project could employ up to 165 people, during the months of peak construction activity, a number of which are created by the project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/news\/jobs-boost-thanks-to-a77-contract-award\/\">Read more on the new A77 route<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>GLA380<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/DM-gla-airport.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3607 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/DM-gla-airport-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/DM-gla-airport-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/DM-gla-airport-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/DM-gla-airport-384x512.jpg 384w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/DM-gla-airport-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/scotlands-economy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/04\/DM-gla-airport.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a>Finance Secretary\u00a0Derek Mackay\u00a0joined the press as Glasgow Airport welcomed the first passengers on the new regular A380 Emirates service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour Market Statistics Scotland\u2019s Labour Market statistics from December 2018 to February 2019 showed: 2,688,000 people are now in work in Scotland Scotland\u2019s employment rate rose by 0.3 p.p. over the quarter\u00a0 to 75.6% Unemployment in Scotland fell to 3.3%, the lowest rate on record Scotland\u2019s youth employment rate is 59.5%, higher than UK rate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":483,"featured_media":3618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[380,381,360,81],"class_list":["post-3599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-broadband","tag-labourmarketscotland","tag-lms","tag-stuc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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