This section provides links to a range of relevant academic, Government and commercial web sites providing data, reports and studies on aspects of the Scottish economy.
Banks
- Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, Inflation and Financial Stability Reports and a range of reports and working papers.
- Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers New business start ups in Scotland.
- European Central Bank Monthly Bulletin and a range of working papers.
- Halifax Bank of Scotland Scottish Labour Market Report and Scottish Leading Economic Indicators Index.
- Lloyds Banking Group Scottish House Price Monitor, Business Monitor and Economic Monitor. The UK site produces a range of reports.
- Royal Bank of Scotland Reports include: Weekly Brief, UK and World economy reports, Budget reports and commentaries.
- World Bank Three groups of information: data, research and prospects.
Business surveys
- Confederation of British Industries (Scotland) Regional Trends Survey, Industry, trends, Service and Distributive trends surveys on national site.
- Federation of Small Businesses (Scotland) Annual Survey.
- Lloyds TSB (Scotland) Business Monitor.
- Royal Bank of Scotland Purchasing Managers’ Indices; Oil and Gas Index and Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.
- Scottish Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Business Survey.
- Scottish Engineering Quarterly Review.
- Scottish Retail Consortium Retail Sales Monitor and Shop Price Index.
Economic data (Scotland)
- Scottish Government Scottish Economic Statistics; Scottish Quarterley GDP, Export stastistics; Scottish Government Expenditure and Revenue; Related areas and links.
- Scottish Enterprise A range of economic data and reports.
- Highland & Islands Enterprise Data and Reports.
Economic data (UK)
- National Statistics Release dates, latest and further information, guides covering: prices and inflation; labour market; National accounts and economic activity; Balance of payments and Trade; and short term indicators.
- H M Treasury GDP deflators, latest economic indicators, forecasts for the Uk economy, National statistics, statistics on public finance and spending.
- Bank of England Inflation Report, Quarterly Bulletin, Annual Report, Bank Rate decisions and minutes.
Economic data (international)
- European Commission Main site for European data, covers a broad range of themes and topics as well as current news. Main topics include employment, energy, inflation, economy and finance, industry and transport.
- International Monetary Fund Go to home news and data section.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Information, data and reports are organised in three themes: by topic (economy, society), by country and by sets of statistics.
- World Trade Organisation A range of reports, studies and statistics.
- United Nations Commission reports and thematic issues on a ranage of economic and social aspects.
- US Economic Calendar (has embedded links to main indicators)
The following web sites are the main portals (in English) to the national statistics of the main European and international economies. Data on a wide range of economic, financial, labour and production issues can be accessed.
Some of this data is summarised in Eurostat economic indicators, see selected Principal European Economic Indicators (also note the downloadable monthly data for short term economic analysis).
- Eurostat Economic Indicators
- Belgium National statistics
- China National Bureau of statistics
- Denmark National statistics Statbank
- France national Institute for statistics and Economic studies
- Germany Federal statistics
- Iceland National statistics
- Ireland National statistics
- Ireland key economic indicators
- Italy National Statistical Institute
- Japan National Statistics Bureau
- Luxembourg National Statistical Institute
- Netherlands National statistics
- Norway national statistics
- Portugal National statistics
- Russia Federal State Statistical Service
- Spain National statistics Institute
- Sweden National statistics
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- United States of America Fedstats
Government data
- The Scottish Parliament All parliamentary proceedings and reports
- The Scottish Government Main link to business and industry, economy, statistics, transport, tourism, training and research.
- Scottish Parliament Briefings By subject/ year of publication and Petition Briefings.
- Scottish Parliament Fact Sheets
- United Kingdom Parliament All UK parliamentary proceedings, business and reports.
- UK Government (directgov) Link to a range of UK policies and related issues. For economic issues, employment and statistics use the Office for National Statistics and/or Department for Enterprise and Regulatory Reform links.
- Audit Office Scotland A range of reports.
- UK National Audit Office A range of publications (Value for Money Studies, Financial Accounts and reports, work for Parliamentary Select Committees, BBC reports and other publications).
- European Parliament Broad range of economic, employment, monetary, market and related information at both European and regional levels.
Media and newspapers
- BBC Business page.
- STV News page.
- The Herald Business page.
- Insider Reports and summary data on top 500 companies and enterprise 250.
- The Scotsman Business page.
- The Press and Journal Business page.
- The Times Business pages.
- The Financial Times Business page.
- The Independent Business pages.
- The Guardian Business page.
- The Economist
- Bloomberg Go to news and economy sections.
- New York Times
- The Washington Post Go to news and business sections.
- The Wall Street Journal Go to news, business, Britain and Europe sections.
- San Fransisco Chronicle Go to business pages.
- Economic & Financial Intelligence
Research centres and institutes
- Centre for Public Policy for Regions
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Industry
- Economic Development Association Scotland A range of presentations and reports.
- Equality of Human Rights Commission in Scotland Outline of legislation, rights, advice and guidance in Scotland.
- Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Scottish Council for Development and Industry
- Scottish Economic Society
- Scottish Centre of Employment Research
- Training and Employment Research Unit (Glasgow)
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- National Institute of Economic and Social Research
- The Centre of Economic Policy Research (London)
- The Centre of Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)
Industry data (Government sources)
- The Scottish Government Main source of business statistics, see also corporate sector data, research, statistics and business registrations.
- Scottish Government Annual business statistics.
- Scottish Corporate sector statistics
- Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Energy data
- Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Main energy index.
- Cambridge Energy Research Associates Range of press releases look for capital costs indices for oil, upstream and downstream and offshore wind power capital costs.
- Bloomberg Energy news and prices
- International Energy Agency
- UK Oil and Gas
- World Oil
Transport
- UK Goverment Transport Statistics UK transport statistics (policy, guidance and research) for all forms of transport.
- UK Railways Strategy, safety reports and statistics.
- Europa European transport information.
Industry associations
Labour market data
- Scottish Government Main site for labour market statistics, research, analytical papers and data sets.
- Equality of Human Rights Commission in Scotland Outline of legislation, rights, advice and guidance in Scotland.
- Equality of Human Rights Commission A wider set of research and publications.
- Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Employment pages.
- Future Skills Scotland Key source of labour market data and intelligence. Provides reports, indicators, expert briefings and research.
- Office for National Statistics Key source for labour market data, provides latest data (First releases) for employment, unemployment, average earnings, productivity, unit wage costs, vacancies and labour disputes.
- Office for National Statistics (NOMIS) Official labour market statistics.
- National Guidance Research Forum A range of labour market information and related links.
- The Low Pay Commission A range of research publications, projects and links.
- UK Commission for Employment and Skills A range of news, reports, research, list of sector skills councils.
- European Industrial Relations Observatory on-line News and analysis of European employment and industrial relations. Covers: news, comparative studies, annual reviews, annual updates on pay and working time, thematic and sectoral analyses. Data can be searched by sector, country and date.
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