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Properties occupied by charities can now apply for the £10,000 Small Business Grant Scheme to help with pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced.

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A fund launched last week by the Scottish Government to provide grants for small and medium-sized businesses affected by coronavirus is to be doubled from £45 million to £90m. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the increase in the Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund to help meet exi

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Economy secretary Fiona Hyslop and finance secretary Kate Forbes have written to the UK Government to call for assurances that Scottish companies and workers will not be disadvantaged when decisions are made about scaling back the UK-wide Job Retention Scheme. The letter to Chancellor Rishi Sun

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland has highlighted that figures released by the Scottish Government have revealed that the volume of cash reaching firms is slowing. The Scottish Government figures indicate that £621 million of coronavirus grant funding has been rele

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The second phase of coronavirus support for small Scottish businesses, which extends grant support to all subsequent eligible properties, is now open for applications. The next stage of the Small Business Grant scheme ensures that - in addition to existing grants of £10,000 or £25,000 fo

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The Scottish Government has announced a one-off £75 million increase in funding for Scotland’s universities to ensure they can protect their world-leading research programmes against the financial impact of COVID-19. The significant intervention will help secure the jobs and training nee

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RICS has urged the Scottish Government to re-examine commercial property use classes to aid flexibility of use going forward, as the Q1 2020 RICS Commercial Market Survey results point to a deterioration in market sentiment in Scotland, particularly in retail. Following what appeared

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The Scottish Government is to convene regular meetings of the strategic leadership group on oil and gas and energy transition with a renewed focus to work in partnership with the industry to identify actions to support the sector and its workforce during the coronavirus crisis. The oil and gas secto

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Scotland’s economy grew by 0.2% during the fourth quarter of 2019, according to statistics announced today by the chief statistician covering the period from October to December. Growth in the latest quarter has not been revised from the first estimate published on 18 March. Annual growth for

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