Nicola Sturgeon has banned the sale of alcohol indoors in Scotland’s hospitality venues for 16 days in a bid to … Continue reading “Many hospitality jobs now “hanging by a thread””

Responding to Nicola Sturgeon’s new restrictions on the hospitality sector and the sale and consumption of alcohol, the IEA’s Head … Continue reading “The pub industry is “once again being made the scapegoat””

“Scotland has recorded one solitary death from Covid-19 today, just as it did the day before”, writes the IEA’s Head … Continue reading “It is not difficult to see an element of Presbyterian zeal in Sturgeon’s latest crackdown”

– The labour market faces much higher unemployment following the Covid-19 lockdown;  – Experience of previous recessions suggests a recovery in employment will lag … Continue reading “Relax employment regulation to drive the economic recovery, says new IEA report”

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Carver, Media Manager, 07715 942731 Responding to the Scottish Government’s proposed new lockdown … Continue reading “New restrictions in Scotland “scapegoat” pub industry”

Responding to the Public Health England report suggesting the government’s plan for the food industry to voluntarily cut 20% of sugar … Continue reading “Sugar reduction scheme a “Soviet-style diktat””

Culture minister John Whittingdale MP, with responsibility for broadcast policy, told a fringe event at the Conservative party conference that … Continue reading “Culture minister tells IEA ThinkTent event Channel 4 sell-off could be on the cards”

Many journalists have caricatured Pope Francis’s recent encyclical as “an attack on the market economy”, but this shows they have … Continue reading “Philip Booth evaluates the Pope’s attitude towards markets in the new encyclical”

Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech at the virtual Conservative Party Conference, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood said: “There was … Continue reading “IEA responds to Prime Minister’s Conference speech”