Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has announced it will allocate £100,000 of funding to support the Global Climate Assembly, an initiative which will bring together 100 participants from the global north and south to learn from each other, and to make recommendations which will feed into COP26 discussio

Producers and venues have been awarded £1 million by the Scottish Government to support the safe return of live events at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Fringe. The funding will help to create outdoor performance spaces and mitigate the additional costs faced

More than £5.8 million in recovery funding from the Scottish Tourism Emergency Response Group (STERG) is to be spent improving infrastructure and creating jobs at a number of Scotland’s popular visitor destinations and nature hotspots.

The harm done to Scotland’s economy, trade, population, education and governance by Brexit is becoming increasingly clear, a new paper released by the Scottish Government has found. External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson said once the public health crisis is over, Scotland should exercise

A £190,000 funding programme to promote the sale of local produce in convenience stores across Scotland is underway. The Go Local initiative, funded by the Scottish Government, will see at least 21 grants paid to convenience store operators, allowing increased sales of fresh, healthy, locally

Scotland’s onshore GDP is estimated to have increased by 2.0% in April, as the stay at home restriction in place since the beginning of the year was lifted and consumer-facing services began to re-open during the month. Figures released by Scotland's Chief Statistician have revealed that outpu

A new investment programme to help deliver Scotland’s just transition to a net-zero emissions economy has been launched by the Scottish Government. The Green Growth Accelerator will speed up the delivery of low carbon infrastructure projects across Scotland and provide extra resources and tech

Researchers based in Scotland and Europe can apply to a new £3 million scheme aimed at repairing research links with the EU following the damaging impact of Brexit. Hundreds of European research and innovation projects are expected to benefit from the Scottish Government’s Saltire Resear

Around 23,000 people in Scotland will be given new online skills and training to help improve their chances of securing a job or to reduce isolation. The £26 million Connecting Scotland programme, which helps those on lower incomes and groups like the elderly, will offer online training skills

Capital Credit Union is calling on the Scottish Government to appoint a financial wellbeing Tsar as part of a package of measures to help in the recovery from the Covid pandemic. The Edinburgh-based organisation says a three-pronged approach between credit unions, government and employers is needed

A £1 million support fund for Armed Forces charities across Scotland has opened on Friday for bids. The Scottish Government fund will help the sector offset a shortfall in income due to the impact of coronavirus.

Ahead of the rescheduled four-nations Covid recovery summit, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is calling on the UK Government to extend furlough, rule out a return to austerity and prioritise a just recovery from the pandemic, ensuring that pre-existing inequalities are not further exacerbated by the

Finance minister Kate Forbes is to deliver a ministerial address to open tech investor conference EIE21 next Thursday 10th June. Forbes, a former digital economy minister, was re-elected as MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch in the Scottish Parliament election in May, before being appointed as Cabi

Firstport and Social Enterprise Scotland has launched a new Catalyst Fund offering £50,000 loans to support social enterprises to start and scale their businesses. The Catalyst Fund offers loans using a flexible, revenue-based repayment model. This unique model enables social enterprises the f

Seizing Scotland’s economic potential, creating secure, sustainable and satisfying jobs and supporting businesses recover from the coronavirus pandemic should be a national endeavour, according to economy secretary Kate Forbes. Outlining how business will be supported to build a sustainable ec