Policy Insights: Scottish Government Budget 2026-27

Policy Insights: Scottish Government Budget 2026-27

Yesterday, the Finance Secretary announced the Scottish Government’s budget for the year ahead. Our summary brings you the key announcements for Edinburgh’s businesses, including transitional reliefs on non-domestic rates, and an increase in certain income tax bands. Economic forecasts The Scottish Fiscal Commission expects the Scottish economy to grow 1.2…

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Autumn Statement 2025

After weeks of speculation, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out her Autumn Statement yesterday. Whilst there were no major tax increases, the thresholds for National Insurance (and Income Tax outside of Scotland) will be frozen for another year, dragging more people into higher tax bands. For business, there was a…

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Ukraine inward mission on 28th May

A delegation of 60 Ukrainian businesses and civic leaders gathered in Edinburgh’s City Chambers for a special event to forge links between businesses and cities. It comes after many Ukrainian towns and cities suffered the largest wave of drone and missile attacks since the outbreak of the full-scale war with…

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Comprehensive Spending Review – Highlights for Edinburgh and Scotland

The UK Chancellor set out her multi-year Comprehensive Spending Review, which sets departmental budgets for day-to-day spending until 2028-29, and capital investment budgets until 2029-30, along with the block grants for devolved governments. The Chancellor stated her priorities as investing in Britain’s security, its health, and growing its economy, so…

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Policy Insights: Business Confidence

If it isn’t too distant a memory now, we’d like to start this week by wishing all of our members a happy and prosperous New Year. If you managed to have a break over the holiday period, we hope this was restful and enjoyable, and that you, like us, are…

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