More Scots may now be employed by companies than there were before the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Employment Minister Richard Lochhead said “early estimates” from HM Revenue & Customs show that in December there were 2.42 million employees in Scotland – some 22,000 more than there were in February 2020.
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that 2.67 million people aged 16 and over were in work in the period September to November last year – an increase of 30,000 from the previous three months.
