Mentions:
1: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) 13 projects across the Highlands and Islands to promote the area’s outstanding scenery, wildlife and culture - Speech Link

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Asked by: Regan, Ash (Alba Party - Edinburgh Eastern)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any financial support that it has provided to (a) small, (b) medium-sized, (c) large and (d) start-up businesses in the Edinburgh Eastern constituency in each of the last five financial years.

Answered by Arthur, Tom - Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance

The Scottish Government is keen to promote a culture of entrepreneurship.

Scottish Government business support is provided by our enterprise agencies, utilising a range of support mechanisms. Scottish Enterprise provide business support in the area which includes the Edinburgh Eastern Constituency.

Scottish Enterprise systems do not hold tags for UK or Scottish parliamentary constituencies. Accordingly, as a proxy, the postcodes for the Edinburgh Eastern constituency were used to identify businesses in that constituency to which payments were made. It is also not possible for Scottish Enterprise to break down the payments according to size of business as they do not hold company size in our finance system

Mentions:
1: None However, the bill is not about formalising that good practice; rather, it is about a significant culture - Speech Link
2: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) What else would need to happen—for example, with culture change and training—to ensure successful implementation - Speech Link
3: None should help to obviate.The role of legislation and statutory frameworks in shaping incentives, leading culture - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Eagle, Tim (Con - Highlands and Islands) choose Scotland”, notes:“Scotland’s iconic scenery and landscape and the richness of our history and culture - Speech Link
2: Burgess, Ariane (Green - Highlands and Islands) , our rural economies can also be transformed through work in nature restoration, renewable energy, culture - Speech Link
3: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Rural communities sit at the heart of Scotland’s culture and traditions. - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) The Institute for Government told the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee:“the - Speech Link
2: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) Having been until very recently on the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee, - Speech Link
3: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) politics generally, whether that is in local government, in the Scottish Parliament or elsewhere.However, culture - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) regime and how the REC Committee’s report recommended changes and moving away from the self-assessment culture - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) Not only do international students enrich our culture and our cities, but they support our universities - Speech Link

Found: Resettlement • Kseniia Smyrnova on the Working Group on Education • Zhenya Dove on the Working Group on Culture

Mentions:
1: None It points to a bit of a culture shift. - Speech Link
2: None That is really important, and it is part of the culture shift that we talked about at the beginning of - Speech Link
3: None That is entirely necessary to prevent the growing culture of de facto no-fault evictions.Despite those - Speech Link
4: None There are a number of issues with the process, but I think that there is a bit of a culture change happening - Speech Link