Economy

MSPs said there had been a ‘lack of transparency’ in decision making regarding the BiFab yards (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Committee condemns ‘lack of transparency’ over failed BiFab yards

January 22, 2021

New figures have shown that private sector activity plunged this month due to the lockdown (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Double-dip recession ‘on cards’ after renewed lockdown sends economy tumbling

January 22, 2021

China’s economy grew 2.3% in 2020 (Andy Wong/AP)

China’s economy grows amid Covid-19 recovery

January 18, 2021

The UK economy is on track to head back into recession, according to ONS data (Aaron Chown/PA)

UK heads towards double-dip recession as GDP falls 2.6%

January 15, 2021

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce warned businesses face continued challenges this year (PA)

Covid-19 recovery will take years, business leaders warn

January 14, 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak gives a statement on the economy (House of Commons)

Chancellor warns economy will ‘get worse before it gets better’

January 11, 2021

Mike Russell claimed the UK’s Brexit deal would be ‘very damaging to the economy and for jobs’ (Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/PA)

‘Substantial’ rise in trading costs after Brexit, Scottish Government claims

January 8, 2021

Chief medical officer Chris Whitty during a media briefing (Hannah McKay/PA)

Take lockdown rules seriously as one in 50 had virus last week, Whitty warns

January 5, 2021

A quiet Piccadilly Circus, London, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a new national lockdown for England (Yui Mok/PA)

PM ‘had no choice but to impose lockdown as one in 50 had Covid-19 last week’

January 5, 2021

A colleague wears a Christmas hat as European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier, left, carries a binder of the Brexit trade deal during a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

EU member states consider implications of post-Brexit deal with UK

December 25, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on the agreement of a post-Brexit trade deal (Paul Grover/Daily Telegraph/PA)

Boris Johnson hails ‘new beginning for Britain’ after securing trade deal

December 24, 2020