Scottish Enterprise

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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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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Scottish Enterprise

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

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

Warning that coronavirus bill could weaken public scrutiny

Airbnb hosts in Scotland defy coronavirus lockdown

NHS struggled to recruit senior anaesthetists before coronavirus

Coronavirus cases in Scotland