November saw an improvement in the labour market in Scotland with an increase in the number of placements of both temporary employees and permanent employees from the month previous.
This is great news for Scotland where both the temporary job market and the permanent job market have experienced more suffering than any other in the UK.
On top of this increased job availability, salaries for permanent staff have been increasing too.
Recent reports have shown that the Scottish retail market is outperforming the rest of the UK. Retail and associatedrecruiters are reaping the rewards of the regions success.
The latest figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) show that total sales were up by 8.2%, a rise of 4.3% on 2008.
Northern England, Wales, the Midlands and Scotland have all suffered the largest rises in unemployment. It is the manufacturing and heavy industry areas that have seen most distress.
Official figures published by research consultancy the Work Foundation showed that Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Hull, Manchester, Bradford, Kirklees, Liverpool and Bristol were the worst effected areas.
American Tycoon Donald Trump has won his fight to build a £1billion golf resort in Scotland. His plans include two golf courses, a 450 bedroom hotel and 500 homes, holiday apartments and golf villas.
The plan had originally been turned down by local councillors amid protests from conservationists. But they were overruled by Scottish finance secretary John Swinney.
The resort will be near Balmedie in Aberdeenshire and will create an estimated 6,000 jobs of which 1,400 will be local and permanent.
