Unemployment

Large numbers of people in Scotland and across the UK are not in work, for a variety of reasons, including ill health (Picture: Jack Taylor)

How Scotland can escape vicious circle of ill-health and unemployment Brian Bell

UK wage growth has risen for the first time in more than a year, but signs point to an ongoing cooling off in the jobs market amid mounting uncertainty following recent Budget measures.

Analysis How Budget changes and wage hikes are reshaping the UK labour market

Unemployment in Scotland has risen to four per cent. Image: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images.

Unemployment rises in Scotland, despite pay packets increasing by a record high

UK unemployment rate rises to 3.7% amid cost of living crisis according to ONS

Unemployment rate rises to 3.7% according to ONS

Karl Marx might have been pleased with some Edinburgh politicians recently, but investors are likely to have been put off (Picture: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

Indy push and left-wingers putting Capital economy at risk – John McLellan

People walk near the Job Centre in Westminster.

Unemployment rate increases as UK economy heads for recession

Unemployment in Scotland increased slightly last quarter, according to latest figures.

Unemployment in Scotland rises slightly

The number of unemployed in Scotland has remained at a record low

Unemployment in Scotland remains at record low

The Bank of England faces a difficult balancing act over the economy. Picture: Getty Images

Cost-of-living crisis intensifies as inflation heads for double-digit territory

A think tank has said that around 70,000 young Scots could become jobless if the Government does not act (Photo: Lisa Ferguson).

‘Government must stop 70,000 young Scots becoming jobless’, says think tank

SavaCentrestore in Edinburgh shopping centre Cameron Toll in December 1985.

Scotland in the 1980s: Days out shopping

Iconic beauty company Avon, which can trace its roots back more than a century and has five million reps globally, enables people to sell products directly to friends, family and neighbours.

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Finance secretary Kate Forbes as she delivers the Scottish Budget to the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire

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Unemployment is at a 5 year high - practical advice if you're currently job hunting (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unemployment is at a 5 year high - practical advice if you're currently job hunt...

Unemployment has fallen in Scotland.

Unemployment in Scotland has fallen

Shop stewards convener Jimmy Reid addresses a mass meeting of the Upper Clyde Shipyards at Clydebank, July 1971.

Scotland in the 1970s: A nation working for a better future

Gordon Brown (Pic: Scott Louden)

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown warns of Brexit-Covid double whammy for jobs

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of employees on payrolls dropped by 673,000 between March and September. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Unemployment in Scotland rises amid coronavirus pandemic

The effects of the pandemic are continuing to bite as redundancies and unemployment rise (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unemployment and redundancy rates are on the rise in the UK - here are the place...

Around 695,000 UK workers have been removed from the payrolls of British companies since March when the coronavirus lockdown began, according to official figures. Picture: PA

Scots unemployment rate rises to 4.6%

UK on track for largest decline in annual GDP for 300 years

Colleges and universities should help Scots retrain in digital skills

Scotland needs 'society-wide' response to jobless crisis

Benny Higgins led a short inquiry into how Scotland's economy can recover from Covid-19 (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

As Scottish economy slumps, we don’t need SNP battle about powers – Brian Wilson

Tax breaks and ‘shovel-ready’ drive urgently needed to save Scots economy

Will shopping save the UK from potentially a 1929-type Depression? Picture: Keystone.

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Fiona Hyslop says the findings are stark

Scots economy facing three-year recovery from COVID lockdown

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Community shops, like this one in Uig, are a sign of community spirit in places sometimes looked down upon for being 'remote'

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Winds batter the Ayrshire coast at Ardrossan. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Bill Jamieson: Storm battered signs of growth

A job centre

Unemployment in Scotland rises by 20%

Drinking and Unemployment: A New Play About Work, Just The Tonic at the Grass market Centre (Venue 27)

Theatre review: Drinking and Unemployment: A New Play About Work, Just The Tonic...

Scotland's employment minister Jamie Hepburn says unemployment is still down over the year

Scotland's jobless number soars above 100,000 as Brexit impact bites

Social enterprise Brewgooder helps supply clean drinking water to more than 5,000 people in Malawi thanks to Asda customers.

Social enterprise is good for business – Duncan Thorp

Emmerson Mnangagwa has so far disappointed those hoping for a change from Robert Mugabe (Picture: Zinyange Auntony/AFP/Getty Images)

What the state of the historic Rhodes Bar says about Zimbabwe – Murdo Fraser

The employment rate in Scotland rose by a quarter to 75.8%

Unemployment remains lower in Scotland than rest of UK

Political gridlock is a formidable obstacle to the feel-good factor. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Bill Jamieson: Rise above politics, unless disaster strikes

The number of Scots looking for work remains at a record low

Unemployment in Scotland remains at record low

The unemployment rate is lower in Scotland than in England. Picture: John Devlin

Bill Jamieson: Every statistic has a silver lining

Debt charity Christians Against Poverty are concerned that people in real poverty are not getting the help they need. Picture: John Devlin

Debt charity warning as ‘too many people are labelled vulnerable’

More Scots are working. Picture: John Devlin

Number of Scots in employment nears record high

Unemployment will rise after a no-deal Brexit, Scotland's top economist has warned. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Unemployment in Scotland will soar in event of no-deal Brexit, top economist war...

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Edinburgh launch for autism-focused social enterprise
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There are now 99,000 Scots out of work

Unemployment in Scotland at record low as economy confounds Brexit fears

Unemployment in Scotland has fallen slightly

Unemployment in Scotland falls while rising UK-wide

Unemployment in Scotland has fallen by 12,000

Scots jobless total falls, while rising UK-wide

Michael Russell this week played the role of Scotland's own Dr Doom, but his Scottish Government colleague Jamie Hepburn had some good news (Picture: Roberto Cavieres)

Bill Jamieson: Project Fear has spread to the Brexiteers

Unemployment in Scotland decreased in the latest quarter, new figures show. Picture: PA Wire

Unemployment in Scotland fell in latest quarter

Unemployment has reached a 40-year low across the UK

Unemployment in Scotland drops as EU workers leave UK

Jobless Scots are on the rise

Jobless Scots on the rise while falling UK-wide

Artificial intelligence, robots and 'the internet of things' looks at lot like the future (Picture: Getty)

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The surfeit of pessimists is as striking as the skills shortage

Theresa May's faltering speech and robotic repetition of slogans isn't helping the national mood (Picture: Getty)

Bill Jamieson: Corbyn's fuming millennials have a point

Unemployment in Scotland fell by 6,000 in the first three months of the year. Picture: John Devlin

Unemployment down by 6,000 in Scotland

The ideas of economist Adam Smith, whose statue is given pride of place on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, helped shape the modern world (Picture: Phil Wilkinson)

Donald Anderson: A new Golden Age for Edinburgh must include everyone

Scotland's jobless total is up again

Scotland's jobless total on the rise again

Scottish unemployment has risen by 14,000 people. Picture: Getty Images

Unemployment rises in bleak news for Scotland's jobs market

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