Reading Time: 4 minutes This guest blog from Professor James Harrison from Edinburgh Law School the UK’s new role as an independent coastal state.
Category: Rural Affairs
Coronavirus (COVID-19): What can a global pandemic teach us about our food system?
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog explores the changes to the food system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guest blog: Risks to North Sea fish stocks and wildlife if post-Brexit fisheries negotiations go awry
Reading Time: 5 minutes This guest blog from Prof Michael Heath and Dr Robin Cook from the University of Strathclyde summarises a report on modelling the consequences for the North Sea of post-Brexit fisheries negotiations failing to reach agreement.
Legislative consent and the UK Agriculture Bill
Reading Time: 5 minutes Summarising the Scottish Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum for the UK Agriculture Bill.
Destination unknown: tourism, coronavirus (COVID-19), and getting to reboot
Reading Time: 14 minutes This blog explores the likely impact of COVID-19 on Scotland’s tourism sector, government support for the tourism sector, and what can be done to reboot Scotland’s tourism economy.
Staying connected: broadband and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at the importance of connectivity, especially broadband, to Scottish households during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
R100: Moving (slowly) towards superfast broadband
Reading Time: 5 minutes R100 plans to deliver superfast broadband to every home and business in Scotland. This blog looks at recent developments around the R100 programme.
Land Reform at 20 – What does a post-feudal era look like?
Reading Time: 9 minutes A look back at Scotland’s land reform journey since 1999.
Scotland’s parcel delivery surcharge cost on the up
Reading Time: 4 minutes SPICe has estimated the additional cost to Scotland of parcel delivery surcharges relative to the rest of the UK. For 2019, we estimate a cost of £40m.
Brewing and distilling: a barrel full of employment
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at the most recent economic facts and figures for Scotland’s brewing and distilling sectors. A key trend has been the uplift in employment.