:00:00. > 3:59:59Tonight the verdict on the Prime Minister's exit Strang. Join me now
:00:00. > :00:00.on BBC Two. Here on BBC One it's time
:00:00. > :00:16.for the news where you are. The SNP has accused
:00:17. > :00:20.the Prime Minister of pursuing a "little Britain Brexit" -
:00:21. > :00:22.which would hit jobs During Prime Minister's questions
:00:23. > :00:30.she was quizzed on what her plans to take the UK out of the single
:00:31. > :00:33.market would mean. However Mrs May said Scottish
:00:34. > :00:35.government proposals would be taken seriously,
:00:36. > :00:37.but that the biggest threat to the economy
:00:38. > :00:39.here was the the nationalist threat Our westminster correspondent
:00:40. > :00:47.Nick Eardley reports. Probably not the Brexit Britain
:00:48. > :00:57.Theresa May envisages but not everyone is impressed
:00:58. > :00:59.with her vision for This German newspaper thinks
:01:00. > :01:03.the Prime Minister is leading Britain into isolation,
:01:04. > :01:07.and image borrowed by the SNP Concerns over what leaving the EU
:01:08. > :01:14.single market could mean for Scottish businesses
:01:15. > :01:18.and the money in your pocket. When the forecast for people's
:01:19. > :01:24.income is likely to drop by ?2000, and that 80,000 people may
:01:25. > :01:32.lose their jobs in Scotland as a result of the hard Tory Brexit
:01:33. > :01:40.plan of the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister believe
:01:41. > :01:43.that this is a price worth paying We will be working to ensure we get
:01:44. > :01:54.the best deal in terms of access to the single market and continuing
:01:55. > :01:57.to cooperate in partnership with the remaining 27
:01:58. > :02:05.member states of the EU. His party is dedicated to taking
:02:06. > :02:08.Scotland out of the single market by taking it out
:02:09. > :02:12.of the United Kingdom. Scottish Government proposals
:02:13. > :02:15.will be considered at a meeting There are elements of
:02:16. > :02:22.the Scottish Government's plan which ministers
:02:23. > :02:24.in London agree with. Access to the single market will be
:02:25. > :02:27.on the table, but membership, the Scottish Government's key
:02:28. > :02:29.demand, is not something the UK It is clear Scotland cannot be
:02:30. > :02:36.a member of the single market if it is not a member of the EU,
:02:37. > :02:40.and the UK will not be Theresa May arrived in Davos
:02:41. > :02:47.to sell her vision of a global She hopes they and you the voters
:02:48. > :02:54.buy into her vision Her opponents are worried though
:02:55. > :03:02.that storm clouds are gathering. Hundreds of jobs are going
:03:03. > :03:06.in the banking sector with Clydesdale announcing tonight
:03:07. > :03:07.that it's shutting It comes on a day of mixed economic
:03:08. > :03:14.news for Scotland with high street sales up but unemployment
:03:15. > :03:17.rising last autumn. Our Business and Economy Editor,
:03:18. > :03:31.Douglas Fraser has the details. The coastal bank has identified 40
:03:32. > :03:35.brands as it intends to close in Scotland and roughly the same size
:03:36. > :03:40.of cuts with Yorkshire bank in England. A great savings bank. Today
:03:41. > :03:45.it is closing its stores at his remaining three branches with 70
:03:46. > :03:49.jobs being lost. Deposits for 40,000 savers as safe and loans are being
:03:50. > :03:53.transferred to TSB. It is waning of the business after 182 years and is
:03:54. > :04:01.Britain's last independent savings bank. And makes my blood boil that
:04:02. > :04:04.these are fat cats in London who brought the financial crash upon us
:04:05. > :04:07.are still walking away with big bonuses and the people who wrote the
:04:08. > :04:12.entry savings bank on a voluntary basis and no having to face this
:04:13. > :04:20.closure because of the regulations resulting from the greed of the fat
:04:21. > :04:23.cats and London. What's of numbers today. Retailers have had a Merry
:04:24. > :04:27.cats and London. What's of numbers Christmas than for several years,
:04:28. > :04:33.possibly because shoppers and businesses expect inflation so get
:04:34. > :04:46.practices and error. Pay rose by an average of 2.8% but what about jobs?
:04:47. > :04:53.That is an unemployed and rate of 5.1% below the UK rate is at its
:04:54. > :04:58.lowest for more than one decade. The number of people and work in
:04:59. > :05:02.Scotland has fallen by 40,000 bail is groovy little across the rest of
:05:03. > :05:06.the UK. For those getting jobs are creating their own companies, it
:05:07. > :05:09.pays to be adaptable as John McManus has been finding out.
:05:10. > :05:12.It might still be an uncertain time for Scotland's economy,
:05:13. > :05:14.but despite challenges facing the job markets, necessity
:05:15. > :05:20.This storage company in Paisley is typical
:05:21. > :05:26.Most of its customers are small businesses,
:05:27. > :05:28.some of them newly launched, who need to store materials
:05:29. > :05:36.It is doing so well, above these storage units it has
:05:37. > :05:39.launched a suite of offices for hire on a monthly bases aimed
:05:40. > :05:44.at companies unsure what the future holds long-term.
:05:45. > :05:48.We try to take away uncertainty and hope the business comes
:05:49. > :05:51.in and takes the space for a month, grow the business, bring it
:05:52. > :05:56.back down in size again, to try to make it work for them.
:05:57. > :06:00.This small company is typical of those who moved in.
:06:01. > :06:04.The best option for them as they map out their future.
:06:05. > :06:08.It makes it better for me in the long run that I do not pay
:06:09. > :06:13.out a lot of money on a big fancy building, and rent a big space that
:06:14. > :06:19.The number of storage companies has jumped in Scotland,
:06:20. > :06:28.providing a secure route through the economic uncertainty.
:06:29. > :06:35.Yet more numbers to date from the Scottish Government showing sluggish
:06:36. > :06:40.growth in output across the economy. It grew only 0.2 of 8% between July
:06:41. > :06:45.and September and December before that. It has been growing at three
:06:46. > :06:51.times the pace in the UK economy. The slump of the oil and gas sector
:06:52. > :06:52.explains it as well as constitutional uncertainty about
:06:53. > :06:54.Brexit and Scotland's future. A government scheme to compensate
:06:55. > :06:56.rail passengers with free tickets following criticism of rail services
:06:57. > :06:59.may not go ahead unless Holyrood's rural economy committee
:07:00. > :07:03.heard today that Abellio ScotRail and Transport Scotland
:07:04. > :07:06.are still discussing how to implement the free week
:07:07. > :07:08.for season ticket holders, which was announced in the Scottish
:07:09. > :07:15.Government's draft budget. The Scottish Government's been
:07:16. > :07:17.defeated over its plans to abolish the board of Highlands and Islands
:07:18. > :07:20.Enterprise. MSPs backed calls to reverse
:07:21. > :07:22.the decision to create a Scotland wide board for enterprise and skills
:07:23. > :07:28.by 64 votes to 63. Ministers are now expected
:07:29. > :07:33.to rethink their plans. Police have confirmed that a bullet
:07:34. > :07:36.has been recovered from a tree beside the Glasgow school
:07:37. > :07:41.where a man was shot on Monday. 35 year old Ross Monaghan
:07:42. > :07:44.was attacked after dropping his child off at St George's Primary in
:07:45. > :07:46.Penilee. Four years ago he was cleared
:07:47. > :07:51.of a gangland murder. The Health Secretary has defended
:07:52. > :07:54.the decision to delay the implementation of a ?30 million
:07:55. > :07:59.pound trauma network for Scotland. The centres should have been
:08:00. > :08:01.in operation by 2016 Shona Robison was asked
:08:02. > :08:07.to apologise for the delay, with Labour saying up to 18,000
:08:08. > :08:11.people would be failed. Let's get the weather forecast
:08:12. > :08:24.now with Christopher. Largely dry and cloudy across the
:08:25. > :08:26.country but the sunnier skies across the north-east meaning clear skies
:08:27. > :08:33.tonight and Chile but mailed foremost. Across the UK village I am
:08:34. > :08:37.cloudy but if you spot of light rain and the Fire Service, called the
:08:38. > :08:41.coming off the continent will mean it is a rather frosty with the
:08:42. > :08:44.conditions in the north-east leading to frost. Temperatures are very
:08:45. > :08:51.similar to how we stuck to the data model. Six to 8 degrees. Perhaps the
:08:52. > :08:54.odd patch of frost around in the north-west and patchy outbreaks of
:08:55. > :08:59.in the stretching towards Orkney and Shetland welly bit of a breeze here
:09:00. > :09:02.but elsewhere the winds are generally late. Through tomorrow
:09:03. > :09:08.little in the way of change, mostly dry and cloudy but once again in the
:09:09. > :09:16.north-east seen the best of any sunshine and those in the sky it's
:09:17. > :09:19.harder to come by tomorrow. Villa cloudy across to most of the
:09:20. > :09:24.Midlands and Wales and Northern Ireland with southern England with
:09:25. > :09:31.some sunshine but cooler. Nick today mostly mild but also mostly cloudy.
:09:32. > :09:38.The best of any sunshine across the north-east with temperatures around
:09:39. > :09:44.a domain Celsius. Still rain across the far north and the Northern Isles
:09:45. > :09:47.and, Friday the greater skies in the north-east shift westwards as a
:09:48. > :09:52.drier air arrives and something bright of edging and towards
:09:53. > :09:56.Strathclyde at times too. To the weekend, high pressure still with us
:09:57. > :10:00.so largely dry with some brightness but not wall-to-wall sunshine and
:10:01. > :10:03.average temperatures and sums spots of rain and the north-west.
:10:04. > :10:06.But from everyone on the late team, goodnight.