Scottish Government

Scotland’s employment rate estimate fell over the final quarter of last year to 73.7%, according to the latest official labour market statistics from the Labour Force Survey, published by the Office For National Statistics (ONS) today. From October to December 2020, the unemployment rate estim

The volume of Scottish home sales fell by almost half in January according to an analysis of the latest Scottish Government data by property firm Apropos. The firm found that residential property transactions in Scotland fell by 48% between December and January from 13,570 to 7,050.

Economy secretary Fiona Hyslop is calling on the UK Government to provide further support to companies struggling to trade with the EU post-Brexit. Urgent financial assistance is needed to help small businesses hire customs agents to deal with the additional bureaucracy involved with importing from

Two Scottish Government funds worth £60 million to support people whose livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic are now open to applications. Grants will be available for mobile and home-based close contact service businesses – such as make-up artists and hairdressers – as w

The UK Government has provided the Scottish Government with an additional £1.1 billion to support people, businesses and public services affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Businesses across Scotland are to benefit from a £1 million funding boost from The Data Lab, Scotland’s Innovation Centre for data and AI. The Data lab has announced two new funding schemes – Data Skills for Work, and an SME data internship grant – to support further bus

Young people, those made redundant, and people who have been unemployed for a long time, will be able to access more support thanks to an additional £125 million from the Scottish Government. Announced in the latest Budget, the funding will help people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic acce

A further £17.5 million of emergency coronavirus funding has been allocated by the Scottish Government to support creative freelancers and the events sector. Of that, £8.5m will go towards the events sector – distributed through the Pivotal Event Businesses Fund and the Events Indu

A £70 million investment in economic growth for Argyll and Bute was agreed today with the formal signing of the area’s rural growth deal. The rural growth deal (RGD) brings together £25m each from the Scottish and UK Governments, and at least £20m via Argyll and Bute Council

The Scottish Government paid a total of £244 million to Scottish businesses in January according to new statistics. Payments to support businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic increased following the tightening of essential public health measures at Christmas.

A coronavirus resilience fund for legal aid firms and law centres, worth up to £9 million, has opened for applications. The Coronavirus Resilience and Recovery Fund for Legal Aid has been created to provide financial support to enable legal aid services to the public to continue - assisting th

Scotland's economy is 7.1% smaller than it was before the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest Scottish Government's Monthly Economic Brief.  The brief also revealed that Scotland’s GDP fell 1.4% in November (UK: -2.6%), having grown for six consecutive months following the

Scottish social enterprise AAI EmployAbility has secured Scottish Government funding to help improve the pay gap by helping minority ethnic women get back into the workplace following career breaks due to childcare, other care commitments or health issues. AAI’s ‘Back to Work’ init

The Scottish Government has announced a £33 billion investment in Scotland's healthcare, education, transport and the environment over the next five years. The Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP) and Capital Spending Review, both published yesterday, confirm a five year plan of investment tha

The scale of the damage caused to Scottish businesses as a result of the UK Government’s Brexit deal has been set out by Europe and external affairs secretary Michael Russell. In a statement to parliament Mr Russell said companies had been left ‘toothless’ following the UK Governme