Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
We’ve got the 2021 election in Scotland coming up on May 6.
To help you decide who to vote for, we’ve summed up all of Scotland’s political party pledges geared towards small businesses.
SNP
Continue the Small Business Bonus, benefiting more than 100,000 businesses. Invest £100m to help SMEs get the right digital skills and equipment
Maintain Business Growth Accelerator which removes rates liabilities for the first 12 months after occupation of previously empty property.
Establish a new £10m fund to allow companies to pilot and explore the four-day working week. Use these learnings to consider implementing a four-day working week as and when Scotland has full control over employment rights. Identify additional employment rights and assess the economic impact of moving to a four-day working week
Create a dedicated Women’s Business Centre to provide financial support, advice and training to women looking to start or grow their business. This will be backed by £50m over the course of the parliament
Create a new, £20m Rural Entrepreneur Fund – this will provide grants of up to £10,000 to support the creation of 2,000 new businesses
Implement the recommendations of the Logan Review to raise our tech sector to world-class status including