Scottish Enterprise

Finance

UK Government office deal sparks £6.5m payout to tax haven firm

Jamie Mann, Ally Tibbitt on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

The property deal behind the construction of the new UK Government Edinburgh office hub generated a £6.5m dividend payout to a tax haven firm.

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Finance

Charlotte Square to Quartermile: Scotland’s tax haven district

Jamie Mann, Ally Tibbitt on June 25, 2020June 29, 2020

Tax haven firms are buying up large swathes of the capital, with many of Edinburgh’s most iconic buildings now owned offshore, The Ferret can reveal.

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Arms trade

UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture

Billy Briggs on April 5, 2020April 6, 2020

The UK government and arms firms based in Scotland were condemned in a Human Rights Watch report for selling weapons to an Egyptian regime that tortures children by waterboarding and electrocution.

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Arms trade, Human rights

Radar funded by Scottish Enterprise marketed to regimes abusing human rights

Billy Briggs on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

A radar funded by Scottish Enterprise was marketed to countries with poor records on human rights at one of the world's largest arms fairs.

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Arms trade, Human rights

Saudi-led forces face trials over alleged war crimes linked to Fife arms firm

Billy Briggs on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020

Since the Yemen war began in 2015, war crime allegations have been linked to bombs made by US arms firm Raytheon, which has a factory in Fife.

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Arms trade, Human rights, International

Scottish school children targeted by arms firm allegedly complicit in war crimes

Billy Briggs on January 21, 2020January 22, 2020

Leonardo is targeting school leavers to work on Typhoon jets which have been used by the Saudis in Yemen's conflict.

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Arms trade, International

Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes

Billy Briggs on December 12, 2019January 22, 2020

Executives of a US arms firm which makes smart bombs in Fife could face investigation for potentially aiding and abetting alleged war crimes in Yemen by a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia.

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Arms trade, Human rights, International

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

Billy Briggs on November 5, 2019January 22, 2020

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, 2019January 22, 2020

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

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Scottish Enterprise

Finance

UK Government office deal sparks £6.5m payout to tax haven firm

Finance

Charlotte Square to Quartermile: Scotland’s tax haven district

Arms trade

UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture

Arms trade, Human rights

Radar funded by Scottish Enterprise marketed to regimes abusing human rights

Arms trade, Human rights

Saudi-led forces face trials over alleged war crimes linked to Fife arms firm

Arms trade, Human rights, International

Scottish school children targeted by arms firm allegedly complicit in war crimes

Arms trade, International

Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes

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

Scottish Land Fund spent millions on publicly owned buildings

UK Government office deal sparks £6.5m payout to tax haven firm

UK government branded “disgraceful” after resuming arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Scottish care homes owned by the Chinese state in tax havens