Scottish Enterprise

Arms trade, Human rights, International

Arms firms in Scotland profit from walls to keep out asylum seekers

Billy Briggs on November 5, 2019November 6, 2019

Arms firms in Scotland given taxpayers' money are profiting from border security contracts in Europe designed to keep out asylum seekers.

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Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

Billy Briggs on October 23, 2019October 26, 2019

The Scottish Government has handed nearly £15 million to arms firms with factories in Scotland who sell weaponry to Turkey.

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Arms trade

Bomb firm told Scottish Enterprise munitions were “key growth area”

Billy Briggs on September 16, 2019September 17, 2019

An Ayrshire firm making explosives told Scottish Enterprise that munitions were a "key growth area" when applying for taxpayers' money.

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Environment

Scottish Enterprise urged to rule out ‘damaging’ deep sea mining

Joe Lo on July 15, 2019July 15, 2019

Environmental campaigners have called on the Scottish Government's economic development agency not to spend taxpayers' money subsidising a new form of underwater mining.

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Arms trade, International

Export licence system lets ‘illegal’ arms sales to Saudi Arabia continue

Billy Briggs on July 2, 2019July 5, 2019

Bombs and missiles will still be exported to Saudi Arabia under a secretive licensing system despite a court ruling that UK arms sales are illegal.

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Arms trade, Nuclear weapons

Private US arms firms bid for Navy training contract at Faslane nuclear base

Billy Briggs on June 25, 2019June 25, 2019

American multinationals Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are bidding for a lucrative Ministry of Defence training contract at Faslane.

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Arms trade, International, Politics

Concerns over Scottish Enterprise grants to Hong Kong tear gas firm

Billy Briggs on June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Concerns raised with the Scottish Government over its relationship with an arms company that sold Hong Kong tear gas apparently used by police during clashes with protestors.

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Arms trade

Firms’ human rights records checked by Scottish Enterprise

Billy Briggs on June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

Dozens of companies have undergone human rights checks by Scottish Enterprise following concerns over public money being awarded to arms firms through business grants.

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Arms trade, International

Scottish Government hands £3m to arms firms profiting from Yemen war

Billy Briggs on May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

Arms firms supplying weapons for the war in Yemen that has killed 70,000 people were handed nearly £3m by the Scottish Government last year.

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Scottish Enterprise

Arms trade, Human rights, International

Arms firms in Scotland profit from walls to keep out asylum seekers

Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

Arms trade

Bomb firm told Scottish Enterprise munitions were “key growth area”

Environment

Scottish Enterprise urged to rule out ‘damaging’ deep sea mining

Arms trade, International

Export licence system lets ‘illegal’ arms sales to Saudi Arabia continue

Arms trade, Nuclear weapons

Private US arms firms bid for Navy training contract at Faslane nuclear base

Arms trade, International, Politics

Concerns over Scottish Enterprise grants to Hong Kong tear gas firm

Arms trade

Firms’ human rights records checked by Scottish Enterprise

Arms trade, International

Scottish Government hands £3m to arms firms profiting from Yemen war

Thousands of callers fail to get through on rape helpline

Warning that wildlife in danger from ‘staggering’ 40% funding cuts

Revealed: the narrowing options at secondary schools in poorer areas

Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that violent crime is at 40-year low is False