Public Sector
Edinburgh is the centre of Scotland's government and legal system. As a consequence many government departments and public sector agencies are headquartered in the city as well as the High Court of Justiciary and the centres of Scotland's legal establishment. As a centre of Scots law, the legal profession has had a long presence in Edinburgh, with many premises in the New Town belonging to legal practices and firms. Many ancillary economic undertakings and political pressure groups have thus set up around this new seat of government leading to a boom in the recruitment and employment of public sector officials. However, the Scottish Executive up to 2007 had a policy of relocating some of its departments from the city to other parts of Scotland such as sportscotland and Scottish Natural Heritage. Such relocations have lessened under the post-2007 Scottish Government. The City of Edinburgh Council and the National Health Service are also major employers in Edinburgh.
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