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Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid, who has returned to the Cabinet, during the election campaign in December 2019 Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA
WITH every day that passes, the danger signals arising from the miserably uneven nature of the economic recovery from the huge pandemic fall-out flash ever-more alarmingly.
Scottish Chambers of Commerce’s latest quarterly survey published this week, in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, confirmed overall recovery is well under way with the easing of coronavirus-related restrictions. This is a relief.
However, we must keep in mind how sharply economic output tumbled last year – it fell by 9.6 per cent in Scotland and 9.8% in the UK as a whole.