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We have also provided targeted support for business resilience reviews from industry experts, with over £2.5 million invested in that commitment to date. Our competitive non-domestic rates package also targets support where it is most needed, including around £660 million of rates relief this year.
However, I contend that youth unemployment was too high even in times of economic growth, as the pre-recession rates of youth unemployment stood at about 12 to 14 per cent.
First, regulations 3(a) and (b) refer to an inaccurate date of issue for the two statements of recommended practice for accounting and reporting by charities—the date of issue should be 16 July 2014.
I mentioned that I visited some doctors’ surgeries during the recess. I am interested in systems that do not talk to one another and which complicate the spread of information.
Others hope that some training might be available in recess. Is it not time to carry out a training needs analysis of MSP staff to discover their training and development needs, so that they are supported in carrying out their jobs effectively and efficiently, and so that they can continue to grow and develop their careers?
Although it is too soon to evaluate the impacts of either the economic recession or the welfare changes using routine health data, the report will be updated when more data are available.
Today, Scotland stands at a threshold of great opportunities and great dangers. We are in a global recession so pervasive that some have described it as a biblical famine.
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Date answered:
29 October 2020
Provisional guidance for the re-opening of soft plays will be published shortly to allow businesses to prepare to re-open. There is no date set for soft plays to re-open, a date will be set when it is deemed safe to do so.