building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
We encourage all ScotlandIS members having difficulties recruiting for certain skill sets and roles to respond to a call for evidence from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). The MAC is advising the UK Government on migration issues and is currently
For the 5th ScotlandIS Brexit Briefing, we are having a closer look at an issue that is of particular importance to our members, according to our Brexit survey from July 2016 – the future status and rights of EU nationals living and working in the UK
Yesterday, I attended a Brexit roundtable discussion with Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, just as the Political Declaration about the future relationship between the UK and the EU had been agreed. The Secretary of State explained why the
Today, our CEO Polly Purvis and I gave evidence to MPs in the Scottish Affairs Committee. The committee visited Edinburgh to hear from different sectors of the Scottish economy about their trade priorities post-Brexit and what they see as the
As the Brexit negotiations enter a crucial phase, this briefing provides members with an assessment of the challenges the negotiators are facing, the potential scenarios for the next few months and an update on the work that ScotlandIS is doing
Earlier this month, TheCityUK and PwC released a report recommending measures to ensure the UK’s financial services sector remains competitive after Brexit.
By Svea Miesch, Research and Policy Manager, ScotlandIS As Research and Policy Manager at ScotlandIS, I have written a number of articles and papers on Brexit and the effect it may have on the digital technologies sector in Scotland. I
By Svea Miesch, Research and Policy Manager Next week, the Brexit negotiations will open formally when the European Council, the body comprising all EU heads of state (EU27), will appoint the EU Commission as their negotiator and finalise the detailed
So here’s the good news. Despite continuing political uncertainty, generated first by the referendum on Scottish independence and, last year, by the Brexit vote, Scotland’s digital technology sector is in buoyant mood.
The briefing focuses on the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s burgeoning FinTech sector and is produced in partnership with leading Scottish law firm Burness Paull, a ScotlandIS member company.
