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Scottish Enterprise
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Scottish Government hands £3m to arms firms profiting from Yemen war
Arms firms profiting from a war in Yemen that has killed 70,000 people were given nearly £3m of tax
Pension fund investments in arms firms profiting from Yemen’s war worth £130m
Council pension funds in Scotland have investments worth nearly £130 million in arms firms linked to Yemen’s conflict, a
Scotland’s richest MSP’s firm pockets £185,000 in business grant ‘shambles’
Scotland’s richest MSP is under pressure to return a £185,000 property development grant after bungling officials failed to
More than 400 children killed or injured by airstrikes in Yemen
At least 443 children in Yemen have been killed or injured in air strikes over the past year, according to
Rich arms firm linked to war crimes gets free business advice
A wealthy US arms multinational in Fife linked to alleged war crimes gets free management advice from the Scottish Government’
Arms dealers’ school visits damned as ‘moral disgrace’
An arms firm is offering World War One history lessons for schools prompting fears that defence multinationals are having an
Scots pension funds linked to Yemen bus atrocity
Scots council pension funds have shares worth £110 million in US arms giants linked to an alleged war crime in
Prestwick Airport firms given £3.5m taxpayer cash
Aerospace and aviation firms operating at Prestwick Airport received £3,507,899 in grants from Scottish Enterprise (SE) over the
Scottish taxpayers give Italian arms firm £6m
An Italian arms multinational with sales worth nearly £7 billion in 2015 has received more than £6 million of taxpayers’
Chicken scandal firm breached environmental regulations
One of Scotland’s largest farming and food processing businesses has repeatedly breached environmental regulations whilst receiving more than half
Revealed: Ryanair’s £650,000 Scottish Government subsidy
Government agency Scottish Enterpise gave more than £650,000 to Ryanair, the airline at the centre of a staffing dispute
New campaign to scrap Scotland’s private finance schemes
The Scottish Government is under increasing pressure to abandon its private finance schemes following revelations by The Ferret and The
