Tech workers ‘avoiding Scotland’ over higher income tax

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1. The head of one of Scotland’s largest home-grown software firms has warned that income tax divergence with England is making it harder to fill jobs in the technology sector.

Keith Neilson, chief executive of Craneware, said there were already “not enough” people in Scotland to keep up with the pace of growth in the industry.

Competition for skilled workers is fierce, and the ability of many people to work remotely means fewer are willing to relocate given they would have to pay more income tax in Scotland.

Neilson said: “Unfortunately that is the reality of the tax regime we have got. The people who are able to work