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🔄Let’s rewind on a BIG year for the Scotland Office… 📣Promoting Brand Scotland 💷Driving growth to put more £s in working people’s pockets ⚡Launch of GB Energy for lower energy bills & that’s just the beginning of the UK Gov’s #PlanForChange @IanMurrayMP @kirstyjmcneill

We sat down with Gary Todd, Head of Manufacturing at @BelhavenBrews and Scottish Secretary @IanMurrayMP to talk about the best places to enjoy a Belhaven pint 🍻 @greeneking Where’s your go-to for a Belhaven? 👇 #BrandScotland

📍Mercabarna Market, Barcelona 🦞 @WildMacNeil's Amber & Libby received a tour of the market & key business intros as part of our all women trade mission to Spain with @ScotChambers. This is #BrandScotland in action, backing Scottish companies to export all over the world 🌍

UK Government agrees multi-billion-pound deal for Sizewell C in Suffolk that will deliver clean power for the equivalent of 6m homes & support thousands of jobs. The Scottish Government blocks the development of new nuclear power plants in Scotland. @IanMurrayMP

🚨 NEW SANCTIONS hammering Russia’s energy sector and further cracking down on shadow fleet operations. Every blow we strike against Russia’s oil revenues is another step towards a just and sustainable peace in Ukraine, and a safer UK.

We are reviving the Pensions Commission to make pensions work for you #PensionsCommission #SecureRetirement

202 employers have received the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award in 2025 for going above and beyond in supporting the Armed Forces community. 🎖 Congratulations to all! 👏 👉 More here: gov.uk/government/new…. #ArmedForces #Veterans #Reservists

For the first time ever, 16 and 17 year olds will be able to vote in UK elections 🗳️ If you can work, join the military and pay taxes then you deserve a say in your future. #VotesAt16

Ahmad was in a critical condition after an airstrike in Gaza. At a UK-Med field hospital, he's now had life-saving surgery and physiotherapy. With support from UK government funding, @UKMed is delivering vital healthcare to Gazans and has provided over 500,000 consultations.

Supercomputers process huge amounts of data very quickly, and this power can be used to train AI models that advance research in cancer diagnoses, develop new medicines & sustainable materials. Watch Science Secretary @PeterKyle switch on the UK’s most powerful supercomputer👀

Edinburgh will soon host the next national supercomputer as part of the Compute Roadmap. This means: 🏢 More jobs 💸 More investment 🔬 World leading science @FeryalClark visited the @EPCCed where it will be based.

Evidence will be collected by the UK Gov to better protect younger workers from being exploited by illegal unpaid internships. This forms part of the Make Work Pay agenda, the biggest upgrade to worker’s rights in a generation which will directly benefit over 15m workers.

The UK Government is making it easier and cheaper to own an electric vehicle. Car manufacturers can apply for vehicle eligibility for the grant now. gov.uk/government/new…

Our Box Office is now officially open! 🎉 Come visit our friendly team and purchase your tickets in person at The Hub, 348–350 Castlehill, Edinburgh. Opening hours: Wednesday, 16 – Wednesday, 30 July: • Mon–Sat: 12:00–17:00 Thursday, 31 July– Saturday, 23 August: •…

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It’s #WorldEmojiDay! Can you work out which account is the least secure? Answer revealed later…

Working for free isn't just unfair, it's illegal. Help us end exploitative unpaid internships.

A £250 million investment by the UK Government will support critical upgrades to infrastructure at the HM Naval Base at Faslane over the next three years, creating jobs and boosting the local economy. gov.uk/government/new…

We've increased National Living & Minimum Wages, putting more money in the pockets of 220,000 working people in Scotland. Full-time workers on the NLW will see a real-terms pay increase of £1,400 a year. 💡 Check your payslip to make sure you're being paid correctly.

Scottish Secretary @IanMurray visited #HMNBClyde to launch the Clyde 2070 redevelopment programme🚢 Ministers, navy chiefs, & local leaders discussed how to maximise the defence dividend for communities. @argyllandbute @inverclyde @WDCouncil @RoyalNavy

Announced today 📣 Major changes to our world-class renewable energy scheme will enable more clean power projects to apply & will mean: ✅ more clean power that we control  ✅ more protection for billpayers ✅ more jobs across the country ✅ more certainty for investors