Footnotes
1. a fund administered by Scottish Enterprise to support all-year-round new direct scheduled air routes for Scotland
2. a web-based initiative, managed by Scottish Enterprise, which showcases Scotland's priority industries and seeks to match highly-skilled individuals living outside Scotland to Scottish jobs
3. along with the communications industry
4. GDP is measured as Gross Value Added ( GVA)
5. To end December 2004
6. Banking - SIC codes 65.11, 65.12, 65.21, 65.22; Life & Pensions - SIC codes 66.01, 66.02; General Insurance - SIC code 66.03;
Asset management & Securities Broking - SIC codes 65.23, 67.11, 67.12, 67.13; Intermediation (the activities of IFAs and insurance agents & brokers) - SIC code 67.20.
7. Median earnings is the midpoint of the earnings distribution. This is a preferred to average earnings as the latter can be skewed by a small number of high earners.
8. Edinburgh Airport Rail Link and Glasgow Airport Rail Link.