Scottish Information Network: The Business of Information Some Useful Resources for Scotland

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Scottish Information Network The Business of
Information - Some Useful Resources for Scotland
Steve Borley - Head of Research Group Economics
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Overview

• Context
• International UK Research
• Oil Gas Sector Research
• Scottish Research
• Conclusion bringing it back to Information
  Professionals

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Context
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Research Team
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Our Global Coverage
Eurozone Quarterly
Interest Exchange Rate Forecast
Chief Economists Weekly Brief
Special Report China
International Weekly Review
Australian Quarterly
US Quarterly
Emerging Markets Overview
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Our UK Coverage
Annual Budget Pre-Budget Report Summaries
PMI Monthly Regional Reports
UK Monthly Economic Update
Special Report Outlook for Government Spending
Special Report Value for Money in the Public
Sector
UK Quarterly Economic Update
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Our Oil Gas Coverage

• Monthly index of oil and gas production from the
  UK Continental Shelf
• A key publication in the oil industry Used by
  Governments from London to Tehran
• We produce three indices Oil, Gas Combined
• These data are leading indicators for oil and gas
  production and revenues

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Our Scottish Coverage - PMIs

• PMI Purchasing Managers Index
• Survey of private sector business conditions
  across 12 UK regions
• Key- data is comparable across regions and with
  the UK as a whole
• Scotland based on sample of 570 companies

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PMI Chart
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Our Scottish Coverage - SRSM

• SRSM Scottish Retail Sales Monitor
• In conjunction with Scottish Retail Consortium
• It is the only monthly monitor of retail sales in
  Scotland
• Breaks out retail sales into
• food and non-food
• total and like-for-like sales

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Latest SRSM Front Page
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Our Latest Scottish Research

• 18th May Launched Wealth Creation in Scotland
• Study of the top 100 wealth creating companies in
  Scotland
• Same methodology as the Department of Trade
  Industry Value Added Scoreboard
• Generated some interesting results.....

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Key Results

• The wealth created by the top 100 companies in
  Scotland is equivalent to 56 of Scotlands
  economy
• Scottish firms are creating wealth more rapidly
  than counterparts in the UK and Europe

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Scotlands leading firms create more wealth than
the leading firms in several European countries
Chart
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Key Results, continued..

• Scottish value added is concentrated in just a
  few sectors. 84 is generated by
• Banks
• Oil Gas
• Electricity
• Transport
• Beverages
• There is a shortage of Medium-Sized Companies
  (value added of 250m-1bn)

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Bringing this back to Information Professionals

• Our model What is important is supporting this
  kind of output - high value added.
• What does one do with the low value added work?
• Were showing that a team based in Edinburgh can
  provide high quality support to a Group with
  global ambitions

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How can I access these reports?

• Online registration form http//www.rbs.co.uk/eco
  nomics/registration
• Contact us economics_at_rbs.co.uk

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