Summary
THE Scottish Executive increased the amount of funding it handed out in the second quarter to encourage firms to boost employment in Scotland under the Regional Selective Assistance programme by 16% to pounds -21m.
However, with the bulk of the money going to companies based outside Scotland, the latest awards could reignite the controversy about RSA funding possibly subsidising footloose international corporations.See the full content of this document
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Pounds -16m Paid to Foreign Firms to Safeguard Scots Jobs Grant Funding for Employment Increased 16% to Pounds -21m
After the downturn in the global electronics industry resulted in a series of high-profile closures of publicly funded operations such as Chunghwa's television t...
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