QEI Q2 2024 - Press Coverage

BBC Radio Scotland

We would highlight the coverage of the survey results on BBC Good Morning Scotland, led by SCC President Stephen Leckie.

You can listen back to that segment here from 36:15 onward:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0020wx3

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes was also interviewed by BBC GMS this morning, where she was asked to comment on the survey, particularly the findings on taxation.

She told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “In terms of taxation more generally, we do need to keep it under review.

“We have seen the figures from HMRC over the last few years show that there’s still more people coming into Scotland than leaving Scotland, which is important when it comes to recruitment.

“If you look beyond 2017 basically, at the graph, you see a rise across all wage bands of people choosing to move to Scotland, but we said from the moment that tax was devolved that we needed to keep the behavioural impact under review because we do want to attract people to Scotland and I take the comments that the chambers have made seriously.”

Survey responses

Our thanks to all chambers for supporting response rates during survey fieldwork which took place in May & June of 2024.

Thanks to your support, Q2 2024 saw the second highest response rate for a quarter since 2020.