This report from CBI, is based on the outcome of extensive discussion over the summer 2011 with businesses, individuals, leading academics and third sector bodies following the publication of Mapping the route to growth.
Alex Neil MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment, has announced an extra £400,000 for the Universal Home Insulation Scheme (UHIS) loan fund, which offers interest free loans in UHIS areas for more expensive insulation measures including renewables and boiler replacement to improve energy efficiency.
Budding entrepreneurs are being given a free helping hand to develop their start-ups with the launch of Scotland's first business accelerator programme.Entrepreneurial Spark will provide free workspace, IT access and mentoring and advice from leading businesses.
Dundee City Council's chief executive has warned wide-ranging cuts to benefits could cause a ''big increase'' in homelessness, and he fears the controversial reforms now going through Westminster would burden local authority budgets and possibly lead to an increase in youth unemployment.
First Minister Alex Salmond has appointed Crawford Beveridge as the new chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, which provides expert economic advice to Ministers on positioning Scotland amongst the world's most competitive economies.
A GRIM warning of the way UK welfare cuts are about to impact on Scotland was given to MSPs yesterday.Holyrood’s Local Government Committee heard that welfare cuts would “almost inevitably start to bite deeper and deeper” into council budgets.
New support for people with autism and their families was announced today by Michael Matheson. The Public Health Minister said £13.4 million would be invested in the Scottish Government and COSLA's new autism strategy over the next four years - £3.4 million more than originally pledged - to build on improvements to autism services and access to these services.
This ESF Works Case Study outlines the Veterans Partnership in the West Midlands, which focuses on the specialised needs of ex-service personnel by raising awareness, coordinating services delivery and welfare support, and creating community access through a Veterans Information Point in Nuneaton.
This ESF Works Case Study reports on a project which seeks to increase the employability of young people not in employment, education or training.
The latest Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) briefing provides the latest unemployment data for Scottish Parliament constituency areas including the claimant count rate by alphabetical order, the worst and best performers over the previous month, constituencies ranked by claimant count rate change on the previous month and year.