Scottish Government

The Scottish Government is to fully fund a new infrastructure programme for pop-up walking and cycling routes or temporary improvements to existing routes to better enable physical distancing

A consortium of Scottish businesses is to lodge a judicial review of the Scottish Government’s COVID-19 Business Grant Scheme amid increasing concerns that a failure to match Westminster’s economic support will lead to the demise of a string of retail and hospitality chains.

Fergus Ewing, tourism secretary for Scotland, has written to the UK Government calling for it to amend its job retention scheme to help tourism businesses survive the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In a letter to Nigel Huddleston, minister for sport, tourism and heritage,&nb

The Scottish Government has awarded £388 million to businesses in Scotland according to the latest figures published today which highlight the volume and value of grants being awarded under its 'Retail, Hospitality & Leisure' and 'Small Businesses' coronavirus grants schemes.

The Scottish Government has announced that support for the newly self-employed and firms suffering hardship to be paid in early May. Economy secretary Fiona Hyslop has confirmed that grant funding for the newly self-employed suffering hardship and SMEs in distress will be available in the coming day

The Scottish Government has called upon the UK Government to fill gaps in the funding schemes implemented to help businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

The economic impact of the efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic could Scotland's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fall by around a third, according to a report by the Scottish Government’s chief economist Gary Gillespie.

More than £215 million has been awarded to over 18,000 Scottish business ratepayers in just two weeks to help firms combat the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, new figures have revealed.

An independent advisory group has been set up to provide expert economic advice to the Scottish Government in response to the coronavirus crisis. The group will provide urgent advice on the private sector and business aspects of the Scottish Government’s economic response.

The announcement on Friday of a further £3.5 million to help large sea fishing vessels brings the total made available to the seafood industry by the Scottish Government from new and existing funds to £22.5m.

A number of Scottish councils have announced significant progress in distributing coronavirus support funding to businesses across the country. 

The Scottish Government has announced that it will make a further £220 million of grants available for businesses including those with multiple branches after business objections that Scotland did not match the English support scheme.   The new package of measures includes £120

The Scottish Government has announced a £3 million support package for the Scottish aquaculture sector to help businesses threatened by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Scottish businesses, operating chains of shops, pubs, restaurants and hotels, have called on the Scottish Government to match the funding provided by the UK Government to aid struggling firms amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Fife Council is to make its first payments to businesses in receipt of Small Business Bonus Relief, Rural Relief and those eligible firms in the hospitality, retail and leisure sectors, with almost £8 million of support to be paid from this week.