Rules on publicly-funded business grants will be tightened in Scotland after calls to stop state cash vanishing into tax havens.
13.04.2020 - 14:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
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Robert Kilgour, the CEO of Renaissance Care, said his firm had already informed staff they would be raising pay by 3.3 per cent more than a week before the announcement was made by Health Secretary Jeane Freeman.
The Health Secretary said at a coronavirus briefing on Sunday that the increase in pay "will ensure all people providing adult social care
Rules on publicly-funded business grants will be tightened in Scotland after calls to stop state cash vanishing into tax havens.
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