Weekly update for Scottish businesses: Friday 6th May 2022
Below is this week's round-up of activity from the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland?and UK Government. This week's update mentions The Warm Home Discount and the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Warm Home Discount Scotland?
On Monday, 9 May, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy will be launching a two-week consultation on expanding the?Warm Home Discount scheme?in Scotland and extending the scheme to 2026.
The Warm Home Discount in Scotland, which will be worth ￡49m in 2022/23, will support over 250k low income and vulnerable households with energy bill rebates each winter.
Special Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award
The Government has announced a special one-off addition to the annual?Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS), in honour of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.?
Her Majesty has displayed a life-long commitment to public service throughout her 70-year reign, and the annual QAVS is the highest award given to small volunteer groups across the UK.
‘Queen Elizabeth: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration’ Book
Children in state-funded primary schools across the United Kingdom will, from mid-May, begin to receive a free commemorative book to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, titled?‘Queen Elizabeth: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration’.
The book will also include famous quotes from the Queen, facts on the coronation ceremony, content on the lives of famous Commonwealth figures such as Nelson Mandela, notable kings and queens and a timeline of Queen Elizabeth’s life.
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