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The Scottish Executive is to offer an extra £3m of grants for biomass energy schemes, taking the total fund to £10m. 21-Mar-2007 The Scottish Executive has approved plans to expand the Windy Standard wind farm in Dumfries & Galloway with 30 new turbines. 14-Mar-2007 The Scottish Executive is supporting plans for the development of a £27m sports village in Stirling, including swimming, hockey, an ice rink and fitness facilities. 09-Mar-2007 The Scottish Executive has awarded grants of £13m for nine wave and tidal power projects, including £4m for Scottish Power's £10m wave farm at the European Marine Test Centre in Orkney. 21-Feb-2007 The Scottish Executive has announced a £7.5m grant scheme to help organisations convert heat and power systems from oil fuel to wood over the next 14 months. 22-Jan-2007 The Scottish Executive is planning to develop a £40m crime supercampus at Gartcosh in Lanarkshire by 2010, bringing together the Scottish Crime & Drugs Enforcement Agency, Customs and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. 16-Jan-2007 The Scottish Executive has approved plans from the Scottish Prison Service to build a new £100m prison at the Low Moss site in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. 04-Jan-2007 The Scottish Executive has announced a £30m cash injection for the care home sector. 20-Nov-2006 The Scottish Executive is to help fund the £3m redevelopment of Macduff Harbour, in order to cater for larger ships and secure the future of 150 jobs. 03-Oct-2006 The Scottish Executive has announced a £6m fund to invest in renewable energy projects in the east of Scotland, under the name of the Sigma Sustainable Energies Fund. 06-Sep-2006 The Scottish Executive is to invest £10m at genetic medicine centres in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee over the next two years, including the training of staff and new equipment. 05-Sep-2006 The Scottish Executive is to provide £8m to local authorities so they can use telecare technology to help up to 75,000 elderly people stay in their own homes. 16-Aug-2006 The Scottish Executive has approved plans to close the Sister Margaret Cottage Hospital in Jedburgh and the Coldstream Cottage Hospital. 15-Jun-2006 The Scottish Executive is to invest a further £20m in renewable energy over the next two years, including biomass, marine and offshore wind energy. 25-May-2006 The Scottish Executive is to set up a headquarters for the new Transport Scotland agency in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, and 280 staff will relocate from temporary offices by spring 2007. 14-Mar-2006 The Scottish Executive is considering plans from Natural Power Consultants for the development of a £50m wind farm with 22 turbines near Dalmally in Argyll. 10-Mar-2006 The Scottish Executive has awarded a £5.2m grant to JST Services to build a railhead at Barrhill in Ayrshire, in order to take forestry freight off local roads. 02-Feb-2006 The Scottish Executive is to consider proposals from Wind Hydrogen for the development of a £150m wind farm at Ladyland Moor in north Ayrshire, including up to 125 turbines. 25-Jan-2006 The Scottish Executive is to launch a £25m health initiative that aims to "shift the focus of the NHS from illness to wellbeing", in order to improve the lifestyle of people living in Greater Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Lothian and Tayside. 22-Nov-2005 The Scottish Executive is to provide a £6m funding package for the development of a new regional air hub in Oban and new airfields on the islands of Coll and Colonsay. 08-Nov-2005 The Scottish Executive is to provide £6.5m of funding to 67 businesses for the modernisation of fishing vessels and fish processing plants, which will help to create 100 jobs. 14-Oct-2005 The Scottish Executive is to provide £3m of funding to British Waterways to help with the regeneration of Scotland's 137-mile network of five canals. 03-Oct-2005 The Scottish Executive has confirmed plans to put Caledonian MacBrayne's ferry routes out to tender. 14-Sep-2005 The Scottish Executive has announced plans for the development of a £42m computer science centre at Edinburgh University by 2007, under the name of the Informatics Forum. 12-Sep-2005 The Scottish Executive has awarded £1.6m to WH Malcolm to set up a rail freight link between Grangemouth docks and Elderslie. 08-Sep-2005 The Scottish Executive is to invest £30m in the development of ten new dental centres across Scotland, and will also provide more training facilities for dental students. 18-Aug-2005 The Scottish Executive is to invest a further £65m in improvements to health centres across Scotland over the next two years. 17-Aug-2005 The Scottish Executive has awarded a £9m grant to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority to set up a new headquarters at Balloch for 120 staff. 25-Jul-2005 The Scottish Executive has approved plans from Fred Olsen Renewables for the expansion of the Crystal Rig wind farm near Dunbar with an extra 52 turbines. 14-Jul-2005 The Scottish Executive is to relocate about 250 staff working for NHS Health Scotland, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and NHS Education Scotland from Edinburgh to Glasgow by May 2007. 29-Jun-2005 The Scottish Executive has announced plans to relocate about 100 jobs at its Communities Scotland housing and regeneration agency from Edinburgh to Glasgow. 16-Jun-2005 The Scottish Executive is said to be planning to shed more than 1,200 jobs, as part of a major cost-cutting exercise in NHS support services, tourism and other areas. 15-Apr-2005 Scottish Executive is to provide an extra £150m to improve dental services in Scotland over the next three years, including funding for more dentists and better premises and equipment. 21-Mar-2005 The Scottish Executive is to provide up to £115m to support a £150m plan to reopen the Waverley rail line in the Borders by 2008. 15-Mar-2005 The Scottish Executive is to relocate 100 jobs at the Accountant in Bankruptcy agency from Edinburgh to Ayrshire, and several sites are being considered in the Irvine Bay area. 10-Mar-2005 The Scottish Executive is to award more than £1m towards the creation of a £6m centre to investigate the commercial viability of tidal power, in order to extend the work being carried out at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. 01-Mar-2005 The Scottish Executive is to set up a headquarters for a new national transport agency in Glasgow later this year, and some of the 200 staff are expected to transfer from Strathclyde Passenger Transport. 14-Jan-2005 The Scottish Executive is to relocate 17 jobs at the National Health Service Central Register from Edinburgh to the Crichton Campus in Dumfries. 23-Nov-2004 The Scottish Executive is to relocate the eight jobs at the crofting building grants administration agency from Edinburgh to the island of Tiree, while the ten jobs at the central inquiry unit will move to Kinlochleven. 09-Nov-2004 The Scottish Executive has approved plans for the development of two £60m wind farms, including Npower Renewables' scheme near Inverness and Airtricity's scheme in Braes. 07-Oct-2004 The Scottish Executive is to provide £51m of funding for the development of a series of sporting venues across Scotland, including sites in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Falkirk and Aberdeen. 02-Aug-2004 Scottish Executive is to help fund a £2.5m Centre for Integrated Healthcare Research in Edinburgh, which will be developed by Queen Margaret University College, the University of Edinburgh and Napier University. 24-May-2004 The Scottish Executive is to put the contract to operate ferry services to Orkney and Shetland out to tender again, as existing operator NorthLink has suffered financial problems. 13-Apr-2004 The Scottish Executive is to award £3m in grants to Scottish dentists to help them improve their practices and invest in new equipment. 23-Mar-2004 The Scottish Executive is said to be reviewing the funding of the Scottish Agricultural College and Ayr's Hannah Research Institute, which could involve work from the SAC's eight veterinary centres being transferred to Edinburgh's Moredun Institute. 19-Jan-2004 The Scottish Executive is to review the Edinburgh locations of the Scottish Further & Higher Education Funding Council and the Royal Fine Arts Commission this year, which could lead to the relocation of up to 150 jobs. 15-Jan-2004 The Scottish Executive is providing grants totalling £19m to enable NHS boards to provide GPs, nurses and community health services on the same sites as other local authority services. 23-Dec-2003 The Scottish Executive is to provide about £2m of regional selective assistance to PharmaImaging Group to set up a new £15m pharmaceutical research facility in Livingston, with the creation of up to 250 jobs. 30-Oct-2003 The Scottish Executive is to provide £7.5m for the creation of a Scottish national theatre, which will be a Glasgow-based commissioning organisation designed to develop the work of local dramatists. 12-Sep-2003 The Scottish Executive is to provide funding of £2m for a new vehicle ramp at Dunoon, in order to secure the future of the Gourock ferry service operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. 29-Aug-2003 The Scottish Executive is to consider proposals to move the law courts out of Inverness Castle and transform the site into a tourist attraction. 13-Aug-2003 The Scottish Executive is to provide funding of £64m for the development of Business Improvement Districts in Glasgow and Edinburgh, which will include training centres, regeneration schemes and transport improvements. 04-Jul-2003 The Scottish Executive has announced a £14m funding package to improve recycling facilities and introduce kerbside collections, with the money going to councils in North and South Lanarkshire, West Lothian, East Renfrewshire and Fife. 10-Jun-2003 The Scottish Executive has approved plans from Fred Olsen Renewables for the development of a 28-turbine wind farm at Ballindalloch near Elgin. 03-Apr-2003 Scottish Executive is planning to move 300 Common Services Agency jobs out of Edinburgh, with some going to Aberdeen and some to the west of Scotland. 31-Mar-2003 The Scottish Executive is to invest £2m in a marine energy research centre in Orkney, in order to study wave and tidal power. 26-Mar-2003 The Scottish Executive is to invest £30m in the development of a network of multi-sport training facilities across Scotland, although no decisions have been made on the form or location of the facilities. 25-Mar-2003 The Scottish Executive has approved plans from Offshore Energy Resources for the development of a £200m wind farm at Robin Rigg in the Solway Firth. 20-Mar-2003 The Scottish Executive has unveiled proposals for a £500m project to provide rail links to Edinburgh and Glasgow airports by 2010, and will now fund the design work needed to obtain parliamentary approval. 14-Mar-2003 The Scottish Executive has indicated that it would provide £375m of funding to develop the first stages of a new tram network in Edinburgh by 2009. 05-Mar-2003 The Scottish Executive is considering the introduction of a toll system to recover a £35m investment in the re-opening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link. 27-Feb-2003 Scottish Executive has invited tenders to run a new ferry service between Campbeltown and Ballycastle in Northern Ireland, which could be operational by summer 2003. 31-Dec-2002 Scottish Executive has announced a £5.4m funding deal that will enable ScotRail to carry out a tendering process for 22 new trains. 18-Dec-2002 The Scottish Executive is looking to relocate more departments away from Edinburgh, and decisions will be taken next year concerning NHS Education, Inquiry Reporters Unit, the Accountant in Bankruptcy and VisitScotland. 13-Dec-2002 The Scottish Executive has awarded £59m of grants for 23 public transport schemes, including £10m for the introduction of electronic bus displays in Edinburgh. 18-Nov-2002 The Scottish Executive is to consider plans for a £9m expansion project at the Chalmers Hospital in Banff, and work could start by the end of 2003. 13-Nov-2002 The Scottish Executive has doubled its target for renewable energy generation to 40% of Scotland's power needs by 2020. 26-Aug-2002 The Scottish Executive is planning to buy the HCI hospital in Clydebank from the Abu Dhabi Investment Company for £37m, in order to reduce waiting lists by creating a "National Waiting Times Centre". 21-Jun-2002 The Scottish Executive is to consider plans from TXU for the development of an offshore wind farm with 60 turbines at Robin Rigg in the Solway Firth. 17-May-2002 The Scottish Executive is understood to have chosen Aberdeen as the location for a new Scottish Energy Institute, which could lead to the creation of thousands of jobs. 05-Mar-2002 The Scottish Executive has announced £9m of funding for a new freight rail line to Powharnal in East Ayrshire, in order to ease road congestion in central Scotland. 06-Feb-2002 The Scottish Executive has announced grants worth £6.8m for improvements to 52 fisheries and aquaculture capital projects in rural Scotland, which could lead to the creation of up to 640 jobs. 06-Feb-2002 The Scottish Executive is planning to seek tenders for the restoration of the Campbeltown to Ballycastle ferry service. 01-Feb-2002 The Scottish Executive is planning to set up a 24-hour NHS call centre at the HCI private hospital in Clydebank, in order to provide health advice services to the west of Scotland. 02-Jan-2002 The Scottish Executive has awarded £3.6m of processing and marketing grants to 27 food production companies, which is expected to lead to the creation of 200 jobs in rural Scotland. 31-Dec-2001 The Scottish Executive is planning to locate the new Scottish water authority in Dunfermline with a staff of about 60, while the Edinburgh locations of Scottish Natural Heritage and HM Inspectorate of Education are under review. 22-Nov-2001 The Scottish Executive has announced plans to merge Scotland's three water authorities into a new group called Scottish Water next year, which will lead to the loss of about 1,000 jobs and a £2bn investment in infrastructure over five years. 16-Nov-2001 The Scottish Executive has announced £12m of funding for two new ferries for the Highlands & Islands, which will be used on the North Uist-Harris and the Mallaig-Armadale crossings by summer 2003. 25-Oct-2001 The Scottish Executive is awarding £75m to 20 council and transport authorities for 26 public transport projects throughout Scotland, including trams, trains and buses. 24-Oct-2001 The Scottish Executive is taking steps to encourage the development of broadband internet services in rural areas, which will involve users being grouped together and tenders being offered to telecoms companies. 03-Sep-2001 The Scottish Executive and Highlands & Islands Enterprise are to provide £0.4m for a full-scale site survey into the development of a marine energy test centre in Stromness. 24-Jul-2001 The Scottish Executive has announced plans to move the Scottish Public Pensions Agency from Edinburgh to Galashiels at the end of next year, which is expected to lead to the relocation of 50 jobs and the creation of 175 new jobs. 19-Jul-2001 The Scottish Executive has announced plans to invest £27m in hospitals in the Highlands & Islands, including £12m for a hospital in Lochgilphead, Argyll and £10m for the Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall. 03-May-2001 The Scottish Executive is to recruit about 200 extra school nurses and 80 "health champions" over the next three years at a cost of £15m. 14-Mar-2001
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