{"id":26900,"date":"2020-07-07T16:38:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26900"},"modified":"2020-07-07T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:38:06","slug":"scotland-invests-78m-to-help-construction-sector-return-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26900","title":{"rendered":"Scotland invests \u00a378m to help construction sector return to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21249\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/house_construction_open_governent_licence_v3.png\" alt=\"house construction\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/>More than \u00a378 million is to be invested into the construction sector as part of a new Return to Work package to help stimulate Scotland\u2019s economy following the coronavirus pandemic.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Scottish Housing News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the reallocation of underspends from schemes interrupted by COVID-19, the \u00a3230m initiative covers construction, low carbon projects, digitisation and business support and will provide a flow of work for businesses and support jobs. The \u00a378m construction spend includes \u00a340m for regeneration projects and \u00a320m for roads maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Other new projects featured in the package include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a351m for business support, including boosting high growth companies<\/li>\n<li>\u00a366m to kick-start Scotland\u2019s green recovery, including \u00a37m to equip buses for physical distancing and the return to work<\/li>\n<li>\u00a335.5m for digitisation, including justice and education services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finance secretary Kate Forbes announced the package yesterday as she opened a Scottish Parliament debate on the financial implications of COVID-19\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishhousingnews.com\/article\/government-invests-78m-to-help-construction-sector-return-to-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than \u00a378 million is to be invested into the construction sector as part of a new Return to Work package to help stimulate Scotland\u2019s economy following the coronavirus pandemic. image: for illustration purposes only &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26901,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26900\/revisions\/26901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}