A move to ensure a proper break for retail workers on New Year’s Day has received the backing of South Scotland MSP Martin Whitfield. Under the Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007, the Scottish Government has the power to make an order by statutory instrument to close large shops on New [...]
This year’s Scottish ScamWatch Week (30 August – 5 September), which shines a light on the scams impacting consumers and how they can avoid being caught out, has been welcomed by Martin Whitfield MSP. Scams have an impact on Scottish consumers every day, often costing thousands of pounds. Anyone can be the target of a [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has joined colleagues in welcoming and backing a new Scotland-wide campaign for better buses. Led by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), anti-poverty groups, trade unions and environmentalists have joined forces to launch the ‘Our Climate: Our Buses’ campaign which is calling for an extension of municipal bus ownership across Scotland. The [...]
The 2021 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration are now open for applications. The purpose of the SURF Awards process is: • To recognise and reward best practice in community regeneration; • To promote and disseminate best practice across Scotland as means of sharing knowledge and experience, and thereby enhancing future policy and [...]
For many rural communities across South Scotland, tourism is the mainstay of the local economy. It is estimated that 80% of foreign visitor spend and 50% of spending from the home market has been lost due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. From the estimated £11bn that tourism generates in Scotland, a small but [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has pledged his support for a campaign to put the rights of young people at the heart of Scotland’s recovery from Covid-19. The Scottish Youth Parliament’s Bounce Back campaign calls for decision makers to take a rights-based approach to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has had a negative impact on [...]
Whatever your results are, you have options and there is support for you with making decisions about your future. Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is Scotland’s career service. SDS results support have been enhanced this year due to provisional results being issued to pupils and they have been providing support to learners, their parents and carers [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP is inviting businesses, community groups and other organisations across South Scotland to join hundreds of others around the country in taking part in this year's Challenge Poverty Week (4 to 10 October). Co-ordinated by the Poverty Alliance, Challenge Poverty Week brings together local groups across the country with big national organisations to [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has backed the campaign for regulation of the electrical industry being spearheaded by trade association SELECT. He is the latest addition to SELECT’s Wall of Support, adding a digital ‘brick’ to show his support for protection of title. He has joined more than 50 politicians, trade unions, professional bodies, electrical firms and [...]
Commenting on the First Minister's latest Covid statement confirming the changes to restrictions that will be implemented from Monday 9th August, Martin Whitfield MSP said: “I welcome this further easing of restrictions, but we are at a really crucial point for Scotland’s recovery and the Scottish Government has to focus on the recovery in the [...]
