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The position is slightly improved since its December 2022 Forecasts, with economic growth at 0.3% in 2023-24, rising to 1.3% in 2025-26.
The SFC also forecasts that:
Total resource funding will grow by 8% from 2023-24 to £52.6 billion in 2028-29 in real terms.
The Committee agrees that it is not simply a question of financing new technologies and new companies but also ensuring that the existing business base has access to the expertise and finance required to support the transition.
Can the minister provide any update on the Scottish Government’s latest engagement with the UK Government regarding the support that is available to small businesses to deal with those rising costs?
Scotland now produces more electricity from wind turbines than a number of other countries do. Last year, we planted 26 million trees. I have visited a very productive sawmill in Aboyne.
Like others, I will happily offer any recommendations for pubs and bars in my area of Moray, including Elgin, where I live, if he so wishes. When he visits the Highlands and Islands, I hope that he chooses to visit Moray.
Like others, I will happily offer any recommendations for pubs and bars in my area of Moray, including Elgin, where I live, if he so wishes. When he visits the Highlands and Islands, I hope that he chooses to visit Moray.
The Scottish Government previously operated a scheme to support those who had bought a home designated as having inherent structural defects, typically these were pre-cast reinforced concrete homes that had been sold under the right to buy. This scheme operated under Part XIV of the Housing (Scotland) .