Scottish Parliament
Business includes:
- Time for Reflection: The Right Reverend Dr Keith Riglin, Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
- Ministerial Statement: Medication Assisted Treatment and Workforce Update
- Stage 1 Debate: Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
- Financial Resolution: Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
- Committee Announcements
- Decision Time
- Members’ Business – S6M-06145 Graham Simpson: Free Rail Travel for Blind and Partially Sighted People and Companions
The following committees meet in the morning:
- Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
- Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
- Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
- Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
- Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
UK Parliament
Business includes:
- Oral questions (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)
- Legislation (Levelling up and Regeneration Bill: Remaining Stages)
- Westminster Hall debate (Business Rates and Levelling up)
- Private Meeting of the Home Affairs Committee
- Oral evidence of the Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Committee (The work of the BEIS Department)
- Oral evidence of the international Development Committee (Aid spending in the UK)
- Private Meeting of the Transport Committee
- Private Meeting of the Economic Affairs Committee (UK labour supply)
- Oral evidence of the European Affairs Committee (The future UK-EU relationship)
Aberdeenshire Council
Business includes a meeting of the Garioch Area Committee and the Buchan Area Committee.
Aberdeen City Council
Business includes a meeting of the Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee.
News/Consultations/Funding
- Applications open for £42 million Techscaler network – tech companies looking to grow their operations can now apply for free mentorship and professional advice. More information can be found here.
- Energy Market Financing Scheme – the scheme opens today to help support viable energy firms with major operations in the UK from the unprecedented volatility triggered by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. More information can be found here.
- Energy Bill Relief Scheme for non-domestic customers. The Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) will provide discounts on energy bills for non-domestic customers in Great Britain. The discounts will initially be applied to energy usage between 1st October 2022 and 31 March 2023. The discount will be applied automatically to all eligible bills by suppliers. You do not need to take action or apply to the scheme, however if you would like more information please see here.
- Scottish Enterprise Account Management Service. Scottish Enterprise are providing a dedicated account management service for ambitious companies that are able to demonstrate that they can make a significant contribution to achieving a fairer and greener economy. For more information, or to apply, please see here.
- The Flexible Workforce Development Fund - £15k available for Scottish businesses to retrain and upskill workforce. More information can be found here.
- Low Carbon Transport Business Loan 2022/23 – Interest free loans are available to Scottish businesses to help lower their transport and travel costs. These loans are funded by Transport Scotland and have a repayment term of up to 6 years. More information can be found here.
- Recovery Loan Scheme extended – The UK Government has extended the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) by a further two years, with applications opening in August 2022 – when further details on the scheme will also be released. More information can be found here.
- £22 million support package to help unemployed people over 50 find work – The package will fund new measures that will help thousands of people across the UK who are over the age of 50 and unemployed. As a result, they will be given further individual support to help them find work before retirement. More information can be found here.
- Investing in net zero energy – new funding to drive innovation within the hydrogen sector and accelerate its production and storage has been launched. More information can be found here.
- Switched on Taxis Loan – Interest free loans of up to £150,000 are available to help owners and operators of hackney cabs and private hire taxis to replace their current vehicles with an eligible ultra-low emission vehicle. For further information please click here
Low Emission Zone Support Fund for Businesses - Eligible Scottish micro businesses and sole traders can apply for up to £2,000 to take older, more polluting vehicles off the road and move towards cleaner transport options. This is for operating vehicles that are not compliant with the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) standards, in Scotland’s 4 largest cities. More information can be found here.