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ACCELERATING RECOVERY

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WEALTHIER & FAIRER SMARTER HEALTHIER SAFER & STRONGER GREENER 1

THE SCOTTISH ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN:

ACCELERATING RECOVERY

CONTENTS

FOREWORD 2

1. INTRODUCTION 4

2. THE ECONOMY 11

The global economy 11

The Scottish economy 12

Impact on industry sectors 14

Impacts by age group and occupation 15

Impact on the regions of Scotland 16

Future prospects for the Scottish economy 16

3. INVESTING IN INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE 18

The low carbon economy 18

Scotland’s Key Sectors 22

Infrastructure investment 26

The central importance of internationalisation 27

Planning 29

Access to finance 31

Management and leadership 32

Procurement 33

Innovation 35

Remaining responsive to business concerns 36

4. STRENGTHENING EDUCATION AND SKILLS 39

Support for skills and training 39

Preventing new long-term unemployment 42

Providing additional opportunities for young people 44

Tailored learning support for those furthest from the labour market 45

Managing increased demand for education 45

5. SUPPORTING JOBS AND COMMUNITIES 47

Public sector capital investment 47

Supporting the regeneration and growth of our town centres 49

Maximising the community and employment impact of new housing 49

Supporting households 50

Public sector efficiency 52

FOREWORD

This is a time of transformation in global and domestic markets.

As economies around the world strengthen, new competitive

pressures will shape the structure of our economy. The labour

market pressures that emerged through the deepest recession in

living memory may continue for some time, but the next phase

of the economic cycle also heralds new opportunities for Scottish

businesses to develop new markets, and grow existing ones.

Across the public sector, our task is to remain responsive to the

new conditions. We must align behind the task of accelerating

our recovery and meet the challenge of maintaining the most supportive environment

for a strong recovery.

This update to the Economic Recovery Plan sets out a number of priorities for the

coming months.

Scotland’s future lies in the development of a low carbon economy. We are starting a

conversation on what that will mean in practice. Our commitments on renewables

and carbon capture and storage will help lead to the development of major new

industries in Scotland, and major new sources of employment.

In rapidly developing global markets, Scotland’s competitive exchange rate brings the

prospect of developing larger international markets for Scottish goods and services.

We will deliver additional support for Scottish businesses to internationalise. Building

on the success of Homecoming, we can also capitalise on the current conditions to

bring new visitors and new inward investment to Scotland.

Development in Scotland will be supported by an improved planning regime to

streamline support for new investment, continuing the major progress made since

2007.

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