Flagship Scottish Government job retraining programme has helped just half of its target
Ministers said that the multi-million pound National Transition Training Fund would support 6,000 Scots by last year.
Figures reveal that 573 people have been given support from the £25m National Transition Training Fund - well short of its 6,000 target (Image: Getty Images)
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The funds are intended to aid the recovery from Covid-19 (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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Two new funds totalling £4 million to help city centres and regions recover from Covid-19 have been announced by the Scottish Government.
City local authorities in Scotland have been invited to submit a proposal to aid its recovery from the pandemic for a share of the £2 million City Centres Recovery Fund.
Applications for funding to help businesses apply for outdoor trading areas in Glasgow and for the repurposing of empty buildings in Dundee city centre are among those already received, the Scottish Government has said.
THE SCOTTISH Government is calling on the country s cities and regions to apply for additional funding to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic - with two new funds of a total £4 million up for grabs. City local authorities in Scotland have been invited to submit a proposal to aid its recovery from the pandemic for a share of the £2 million City Centres Recovery Fund. Applications for funding to help businesses apply for outdoor trading areas in Glasgow and for the repurposing of empty buildings in Dundee city centre are among those already received, the Scottish Government has said. Applications have also been sent in for Edinburgh and Perth.
Glasgow city centre to get share of £4 million to aid Covid-19 recovery GLASGOW city centre will receive a share of £4 million to help the area recover from Covid-19. Two new funds have been announced by the Scottish Government in a bid to help regions and urban areas recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Local authorities in Scotland have been invited to submit a proposal for a share of the £2 million City Centres Recovery Fund. Applications for funding to help businesses apply for outdoor trading areas in Glasgow and for the repurposing of empty buildings in Dundee city centre are among those already received, the Scottish Government has said.
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