Business investment in double digit territory for the first time in two decades – CBI Scottish Productivity Index

Scotland has more graduates, more patents and more business investment than other parts of the UK

Professor John Robertson OBA From Business investment rises to 20-year high in Scotland published yesterday: A new report has shown that business investment in Scotland has risen to a 20-year high – in contrast to a fall across the UK. Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes today helped to launch the annual CBI–Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Productivity Index, showing a rise in business investment to more than 10% of GDP for the first time in 20 years. …

Business investment in double digit territory for the first time in two decades – CBI Scottish Productivity Index

Business investment in double digits for first time in two decades

Ahead of January’s Scottish Budget and the upcoming Holyrood elections later in the year, the annual CBI–Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Productivity Index is published today (Wednesday 10 December) with a clear call for all political parties to make 2026 the year Scotland gets its economy firing on all cylinders. Now in its sixth year, the Scottish Productivity Index, compiled by Fraser of Allander and sponsored by international law firm Addleshaw G…