Published yesterday but not making it yet to BBC Scotland’s Business website or broadcasts:
The latest Scottish Annual Business Statistics data are for the calendar year 2021, with data provided back to 2008.
- in 2021, approximate Gross Value Added at basic prices (aGVA) of the non-financial business economy was estimated to be £99.3 billion. This is an increase of 21.9% compared with 2020
- between 2020 and 2021, aGVA increased for all four of the main sectors of the non-financial business economy. Services aGVA was up by 15.3%, Primary Industries up by 47.1%, Manufacturing up by 17.5% and Construction up by 25.8%
- within Services, the Accommodation and food service activities saw the largest year-on-year aGVA percentage increase, with aGVA increasing by 33.8% between 2020 and 2021
- within Manufacturing, the Manufacture of Wearing Apparel division saw the largest year-on-year aGVA percentage increase, with aGVA increasing by 103.1% between 2020 and 2021
Full report at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-annual-business-statistics-2021/
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Good Scottish business news ?
Cue BBCScorchedland to headline a disgruntled business person who has had to sell their kids to White Slavers because Humza Yousaf has not personally provided a blank cheque to bail out their Sedan Chair factory which has not recovered from the Black death outbreak in 17thC .
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Ahhh–BUT !!!!!!!
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Worth noting that 2020 with COVID raging and total shutdown for 9 months of the year was not a typical year. Better compare 2021 with 2019, even though 2021 was not exactly COVID FREE ITSELF.
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