The Fraser of Allander Institute Podcast

Guests Chair: Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute Guests: Maggie and Keith, Directors at PeopleFirst & Rob Watts, Research Associate at the Fraser of Allander Institute Timestamps (01:40) Human rights and coronavirus (05:12) Digital exclusion and response to the Connecting Scotland initiative (09:38) Other issues that are of concern to PeopleFirst (10:48) Info on the Fraser of Allander’s f...

Chair Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute Guests Adam McGeoch, Fraser of Allander Institute David Eiser, Fraser of Allander Institute Steve Williams, Deloitte Timestamps (00:30) – Brief overview of commentary, Mairi (2:23) – Overview of the Scottish economy and results from the commentary, Adam (7:15) – Considerations of businesses, Steve (18:00) - Implications for the Scottish budget, Dav...

(0:58) What is your take on the current situation (JP) (5:11) Is worse yet to come? (GR) (9:16) How has the policy response been and what will they need to do next at the UK level (JP) (14:00) Reflections on the policy response in Scotland (JP & GR) (19:30) Thinking about the recovery (EC, GR, JP) (26:58) Edinburgh as a microcosm of the challenges facing the economy (EC, JP)

GERS Guide Click on the link to see the new FAI GERS Guide . Timestamps (00:58) What is GERS? (03:00) The history of GERS (05:15) What does it mean that GERS is an “accredited” National Statistics publication (08:22) The evolution of GERS in terms of quality of methods (11:04) What does it mean that some of the figures in GERS are estimated? (20:51) What are the controversial spending elements? (2...

Chair Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director of the FAI Guests Rebecca Moore, VP of Operations at TravelNest Gordon Murray, owner of Craigmaddie Muir Farm Timestamps (01:08)  Can you explain a bit about what TravelNest does? (03:28) Why did you get into property rentals given that you are a farmer? (5:20) There has been a lot of discussion that the lockdown associated with the pandemic and the constraints...

Chair  Graeme Roy, Fraser of Allander Institute  Guests Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute  Stuart McIntyre, Fraser of Allander Institute Timestamps (00:34) What do we know so far on the labour market and what is coming down the line? (05:20) Outlook for household incomes and what has happened so far (08:41) What do we need to think about beyond the headline unemployment numbers? (10:31)...

Chair Graeme Roy, Fraser of Allander Institute  Guests Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute  David Eiser, Fraser of Allander Institute  Timestamps (00:27) What we know about how the economy is performing (01:50) How are different sectors faring (03:05) Global effects (03:39) What will the real world effects be? (04:50) What are business telling us about how they are faring? (07:01) What wil...

You can find more information on the new research published by JRF, which included a survey of 2000 Scottish households here: https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/almost-third-scots%E2%80%99-incomes-have-reduced-lockdown-half-affected-renters-worried-about-paying Chair Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute Guests Jim McCormick, JRF in Scotland Deborah Hay, JRF in Scotland Timestamps (1:51) How was p...

Chair Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute Guests Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute Dr Jonathan Norris, Lecturer in Economics, University of Strathclyde Timestamps (1:10) Introduction to ‘A Prelude to Building Back Better’ (8:22) What are the possible impacts of Covid-19 on poverty? (12:57) Introduction to ‘The Economics of Parenting: Children and Inequality in a Time of Shutdown’...

Stephen expands on his contribution to our Expert Insights publication , with Andrew offering findings from his report ‘Rethinking our global future’ .   Chair Graeme Roy, Fraser of Allander Institute Guests Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute Stephen Boyle, Fraser of Allander Institute Professor Andrew Goudie, University of Strathclyde Timestamps (1:03) Oversight and key points from ‘Reth...

Chair Graeme Roy, Fraser of Allander Institute Guests Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute Steve Williams, Deloitte Timestamps (0:40) – Brief overview of publications and week ahead, Graeme (9:00) – Overview of the upcoming economic commentary analysis and forecasts, Mairi (15:45) – Considerations of businesses beyond the crisis, Steve Source

Chair Graeme Roy, Fraser of Allander Institute Guests Calum Paterson, Scottish Equity Partners Timestamps (0:45) What are your current thoughts on the economic and business environment? (7:45) What are the views within the business community for change in the face of the crisis? (15:10) What do you think could and should change in the new ‘normal’ for businesses? (21:10) How might policy change in...

Chair Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute Guest Alan Thornburrow, Scotland Director, Business in the Community Source

This podcast builds on the themes covered in this report by Jenifer Johnston, one of our participants: https://reformscotland.com/2020/05/scotland-needs-a-virtual-school-jenifer-johnston/ Chair Stuart McIntyre, Head of Research, FAI Speakers Emma Congreve, Knowledge Exchange Fellow, FAI Jenifer Johnston, Public Affairs Expert Tanya Wilson, Lecturer in Economics, University of Glasgow Timestamps (1...

Chair Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director, FAI Speakers David Eiser, Head of Fiscal Analysis, FAI Guto Ifan, Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre – Cardiff University David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute For Fiscal Studies Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre – Cardiff University Timestamps (01:01) How has the outlook for the budget evolved since the crisis? (03:12) In...

Chair Graeme Roy, Director, FAI Speakers Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director, FAI Emma Congreve, Knowledge Exchange Fellow, FAI Stuart McIntyre, Head of Research, FAI Timestamps (7:00) Mairi Spowage: What we know so far (17:40) Emma Congreve: The impact on individuals and households (25:45) Stuart McIntyre: The recovery and the long term challenges (33:10) Q&A (33:50) How will the fiscal framework be a...

Chair Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director, FAI Guests Ian Bruce, GCVS Jenny Paterson, Breakthrough Timestamps (00:50) Impact of the crisis on the voluntary sector, and how it has had to adapt (08:30) Resilience of the voluntary sector going into the crisis (14:39) Discussion of policy measures provided by Government (23:27) How the sector has supported each other (26:20) Long term impacts on the econom...

Chair Ben Cooper, Knowledge Exchange Assistant, FAI Guests Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director, FAI Aodhán Connolly, Director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium Timestamps (0.30) Overview of the Northern Ireland Sector and how it compares to the rest of the UK (4.10) How has the sector been impacted by CoVid-19 and how has it had to adapt? (11.09) How has the impact to sector been different to w...

Chair Graeme Roy, Director, Fraser of Allander Institute. Guests Cara Pacitti, Researcher, Resolution Foundation Richard Hughes, Research Associate, Resolution Foundation Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute David Eiser, Fraser of Allander Institute Timestamps (2:44) Cara Pacitti: Findings from recent publication ‘Implications of Coronavirus for the UK Economy and Public Finances’ (10:45) R...

For those who would like to find out more, SRUC has a dedicated Rural Brexit Business webpage . Chair Emma Congreve, Economist and Knowledge Exchange Fellow, FAI Guests Professor Andrew Barnes, Professor of Rural Resource Economics, SRUC Steven Thomson, Senior Agricultural Economist, SRUC Timestamps (2.17) Overview of the rural economy, agriculture & the domestic food supply chain in Scotland (8.2...

Chair Mark Mitchell, Fraser of Allander Institute Speakers Alf Young, Times Columnist Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute Timestamps (00:20) How this crisis compares with previous crises in the Scottish economy (4:38) During previous crisis, what did people imagine the long term impacts would be, and how did that bear out? (9:18) Have the structural changes in the Scottish economy made us...

Chair Stuart McIntyre, Head of Research, Fraser of Allander Institute Speakers Stephen Sheal, Director of External Relationships at the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) Shane Taylor, Research and Policy Manager for Aberdeen and Grampian Chambers of Commerce (AGCC) Mairi Spowage, Fraser of Allander Institute Timestamps (01:04) Reflections on the current crisis and the impact on the oil and gas...

Chair Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director, Fraser of Allander Institute Speaker Helen Martin, STUC Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute Timestamps (00:25) Reflections on the current crisis and the impact on workers. (03:45) How prepared were we for this pandemic? (07:50) Policy measures that have been introduced and who is falling through the gaps (12:24) Sectors of the economy that have precari...

Chair Graeme Roy, Director, Fraser of Allander Institute Speaker Jim Walker, Chief Economist, Aletheia Capital Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director, Fraser of Allander Institute Timestamps [1:00] Have we seen anything like this before in the global economy? [2:44] How Asian economies are coping with the pandemic [5:50] Have different economies reacted differently because of structural difference or diff...

Chair Emma Congreve, Fraser of Allander Institute Speaker Dave Innes, Head of Economics at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Timestamps [1:57] Poverty before the crisis [4:21] What do we know about the impact so far [7:57] Impacts in different parts of the UK [11:40] Government support so far [16:43] Support that may be required in the future [19:45] Thoughts on economic policymaking beyond the...