Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has published a five-year infrastructure investment plan which it said will support tens of thousands of jobs and help stimulate a green economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Covering the five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26, the £24 billion Draft Inf

The Scottish Government has now committed more than £350 million to support communities during the coronavirus pandemic. Since March, this funding has enabled councils, charities and community groups to be flexible and respond swiftly to help people impacted economically or socially, including

The aquaculture sector contributed approximately £885 million to the wider Scottish economy and supported 11,700 jobs in 2018, according to new research commissioned by The Marine Scotland. 

High growth start-up companies and university spinout projects will receive grants from the Scottish government to help them grow in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of a £3 million package of support, the funding provides grants of up to £50,000 for 41 high growth potential

A Scottish government report has estimated that extending the furlough scheme by eight months could save 61,000 jobs in Scotland. The new research estimates that the direct cost of extending the furlough scheme in Scotland to June is around £850 million, but the wider economic benefits, s

The Scottish Government has launched a Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS) with the stated aim of protecting and improving the natural environment, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting sustainable farming and land use. The grant forms part of the Agricultural Transformat

Economy secretary Fiona Hyslop has written to the UK Government voicing concern at its plans for a post-Brexit internal market, saying it represents a threat to the Scottish economy. Ms Hyslop said the proposed Internal Markets Bill will jeopardise Scotland’s food and drink sector, which has a

Businesses in the Scottish Borders have benefitted from almost £40 million of support through the Team South of Scotland partnership of Scottish Borders Council and South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE). Local businesses have received a total of almost £34m from the Scottish Government&rsq

Island communities will benefit from a £2 million programme of locally-led green projects funded by the Scottish Government which are designed to help support their economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

A total of £700,000 is being made available to help Scotland’s Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) support their communities in their recovery from the coronavirus crisis. The Scottish Government has released the funding to support them over the next six months through a second round o

The Scottish Government has awarded £9.46 million to 10 active travel and low carbon projects across Scotland through the Scottish Government Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund.

All of Scotland’s 32 local authorities and more than 25 individual community regeneration projects will receive a share of £30 million of new investment for regeneration and town centres. The funding will be available immediately through the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and the

The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) has won a tender from the Scottish Government to launch and deliver the National Cyber Security Centre’s Exercise in a Box to businesses in Scotland. More than 250 organisations – from those in the Highlands and Islands all the way to the Bo

The Scottish Government has launched its Green Investment Portfolio inviting investors to get behind more than £1 billion of low carbon, eco-friendly and recycling opportunities. The Green Investment Portfolio promotes market-ready projects that will help Scotland transition to a net-zero econ

The Scottish Government's postponement of non-domestic rates revaluation by a year to April 2023 will push more businesses over the edge in the absence of urgent measures to tackle the appeals backlog, property experts are warning. Announced in Tuesday's Programme for Government 2020-21, the move al