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To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered allowing an exemption under section 10 of the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 for contract workers who require overnight accommodation.
In addition to the letter, the Scottish Government also highlighted its intention, as set out in the Programme for Government, to bring forward a building safety levy bill, which would establish a building safety levy on developers to fund remediation work.
We have around 100 construction companies in Scotland that pay two levies—a levy to the CITB and the apprenticeship levy—and they understandably find that unfair, because it is not clear where the levy is being invested.
APHA and FHI work with the fish farm businesses and their levy board, Salmon Scotland, to ensure that changes are made at a farm level and our experience has been that farms are responsive and work to correct issues when problems are identified.
APHA and FHI work with the fish farm businesses and their levy board, Salmon Scotland, to ensure that changes are made at a farm level and our experience has been that farms are responsive and work to correct issues when problems are identified.
There is real concern about the cruise ship levy and its potential impact. The cruise sector is becoming a success story for Scotland, so there are fears that the levy could impact on it.
Often, there are already ticket levies in place for those arenas; if you buy a ticket for those kinds of shows, you will often see that there is a levy for the venue.