- University Homepage
- Schools & departments
- Careers
- Using the Careers Service
- CVs, applications and interviews
- Business awareness
- Keeping up to date with business issues
Keeping up to date with business issues
Business information sources
Newspapers - general economic and business reports can be found in the Financial Times and other broadsheets.
Journals - a general business overview can be found in publications including: "Scottish Business Insider" and "Graduate Market Trends" (from Graduate Prospects). The Careers Service keeps reference copies.
Reference Files - labour market reports can be found in the employment section of our information centres.
Websites
Graduate Prospects contains industry insights (Jobs and work > Industry insight); an overview of 21 industry sectors; and labour market information (Careers advice > What do graduates do?)
Scottish Enterprise provides industry sector overviews and business reports.
Scottish Development International has details on the following sectors: aerospace, chemicals, contact centres, education, ICT and electronic technologies, energy, financial services, food & drink, life sciences, shared service centres, textiles and tourism.
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) provides a wide range of industry reports (What we do > Business sectors).
BBC provides business news and links to business programmes including the Money Programme and Working Lunch. You can also register for a fortnightly email business newsletter.
This article was published on Feb 23, 2012