Budget prioritises sustainable economic revival. Measures promoting recovery and renewal will be at the heart of the Scottish Budget this week. New initiatives to drive economic growth, create jobs and…
Statement given by the First Minister to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 19 January 2021. Presiding Officer I want to update Parliament on Cabinet’s review of the current lockdown restrictions…
No changes to current measures. Current lockdown measures will stay in place across mainland Scotland and some island communities until at least the middle of February, the First Minister confirmed…
Businesses in Scotland benefitted from more than £2.5 billion of UK Government-backed loans to protect and support jobs across the region. More than 86,000 loans worth more than £2.4 billion…
Ten representative organisations from across Scotland’s Food and Drink industry have written a joint letter to the Scottish Government’s Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing MSP, to request that food and…
Scottish business confidence crashed in the final days of 2020, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The small business campaign group says that their findings underline…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new package of coronavirus grant support for businesses in England, with associated consequentials for the Scottish Government of £375m. Andrew McRae, Scotland policy chair…
Mainland Scotland is to go into lockdown from midnight tonight with a new legal requirement forbidding anyone from leaving their home except for essential purposes. Amongst the limited reasonable excuses…
The Scottish Government has today announced a further round of Covid restrictions, including the tightening of the definition of essential businesses and extending the lockdown on mainland Scotland until the…
These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (“the Local Levels Regulations”). These Regulations come into force on 5 January 2021. Regulation 3 adds…