These disappointing statistics clearly show that the Scottish government still hasn’t properly grasped the seriousness of this pandemic on jobs and people’s livelihoods.
We need a proper plan to get Scotland back to work, but it’s almost as if the SNP is missing in action.
There are things we can do to improve the situation, things that are within the control of Holyrood right now.
We have to be more coordinated in our approach and actually make it easier to start and maintain a business.
We have to make sure enterprise is encouraged across the board, re-tasking Scottish Enterprise to properly support business growth and start-ups. Many companies I have spoken with are unsure what exactly Scottish Enterprise does.