Category: Scottish Media

Analysis highlights economic implications of being outside EU. Leaving the European Union is projected to cost the Scottish economy up to £11.2 billion per year and Scottish public finances up to £3.7 billion per year. Analysis published by the Scottish Government today, drawing on research by a range of external organisations, suggests that by 2030, Scottish GDP is projected to be between £1.7 billion and £11.2 billion per year lower than it would have been if Brexit does not occur. Tax revenue is projected to be between £1.7 billion and…

Acceptances from Scotland’s most deprived areas at highest ever level. A record number of Scottish students have secured a place at university, with university entries from the most deprived areas also at the highest ever level, according to UCAS statistics published on A-level results day. Compared to this stage last year, the number of Scottish applicants accepted to Scottish institutions increased by four per cent from 29,120 to 30,400 and acceptances from the 20 per cent most deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 20) increased by 5 per cent from 4,060…

Election 2015: SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scots landslide http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32635871   The SNP has recorded a historic landslide general election victory in Scotland, winning 56 out of 59 seats. Labour has been left with just one MP north of the border, but its Scottish leader Jim Murphy, who lost his seat, said he would continue in his post. The Liberal Democrats lost 10 seats with only Alistair Carmichael holding on in Orkney and Shetland. The Conservatives held Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale – the other seat to withstand the…

Labour looking down the barrel with SNP set for success Tory peer Lord Ashcroft looked at more than a quarter of the Scots constituencies and found Nicola Sturgeon’s nationalist party is ahead in 15 of the 16 seats. Post by IMAD Scotland imadscotlandgroup.com.