>The long-running monthly Business Barometer from the Bank of Scotland, published on Friday, said that optimism in Scotland was up by 15 percentage points in May, to 57 per cent. That was the same as the southeast of England and greater than any other English region and devolved nation across the UK.
>The average for the UK as a whole was up by eight points to 50 per cent, the highest level in eight years, although the research was conducted in the first two weeks of the month so the responses were received before the general election announcement.
Strangely coincident with the prospect of independence being at it’s lowest ebb for the past 10 years.
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>The long-running monthly Business Barometer from the Bank of Scotland, published on Friday, said that optimism in Scotland was up by 15 percentage points in May, to 57 per cent. That was the same as the southeast of England and greater than any other English region and devolved nation across the UK.
>The average for the UK as a whole was up by eight points to 50 per cent, the highest level in eight years, although the research was conducted in the first two weeks of the month so the responses were received before the general election announcement.
Strangely coincident with the prospect of independence being at it’s lowest ebb for the past 10 years.