6 Mar 2014: Shell PLC hosts David Cameron at its Aberdeen HQ in direct opposition to a meeting of the Scottish Government Shell PLC allowed David Cameron to hold a one-off UK government cabinet meeting at its headquarters in Aberdeen in direct competition with a Scottish government cabinet meeting only six miles away in Portlethen. […]
Financial issues The contract value is £96m. This is higher than the £80m included in the VRDP – which will be updated prior to publication – and the revised estimate of £90m included in CMAL’s 3-year Corporate Plan, which has already been published. This capital funding commitment will fall over 3 financial years to 2017-18 […]
Official SensitiveFrom: Transport Scotland Ferries UnitDate: 20 August 2015To: Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure Investment and CitiesSubject: VESSEL REPLACEMENT – PROCUREMENT OF 2 NEW MAJOR VESSELS Purpose In the absence of the Minister for Transport and Islands on leave, your approval is sought for CMAL to award shipbuilding contracts of a total cost of £96m for […]
Sturgeon’s ever expanding army of “Special Advisers” “Special Advisers” are political appointments and are exempt from impartiality requirements normally expected of civil servants in order to provide them with the freedom to give political advice to Ministers. Although never elected by the public nor subject to the normal rules of employee recruitment and formal interview […]
Sturgeon’s Commitment to open government Sep 2016: The Open Government Partnership (OGP) was launched in 2011 to provide an international platform for those committed to making governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens. In each member country, government and civil society are working together on government reforms which ensure people can see, understand, participate […]
8 Jun 2018: “Special Adviser” expenses and travel and subsistence costs (primarily Liz Lloyd) The total cost of “Special Adviser” expenses and travel and subsistence costs for 2017/2018 was £26,029.40. The figure includes expenses claimed through the Scottish Government iExpenses system and expenditure under the Scottish Government travel and accommodation contracts is broken down as […]
Alexander Anderson Centrica: Head of Public Affairs (Scotland, Wales and the English Regions). Jan 2016 – Present. Group Deputy Head of Corporate Communication Aug 2018 – Feb 2020. Scottish Chambers of Commerce: Member, Scottish Business Advisory Group. Apr 2019 – Present. CBI (Confederation of British Industry) Council Member. Jan 2019 – Present.Elected to CBI Scotland […]
Campbell Gunn: Member of Runrig for a brief spell in 1976. Political journalist of note for many years. Retired then appointed “Special Adviser” to Alex Salmond in 2013. Deputy Spokesperson for the First Minister and Communications Adviser. Retained by Sturgeon finally packed it in around 2018. Regular contributor to Twitter. 8 July 2013 Leadership styles […]
Noel Dolan: 11 Aug 2019: Noel Dolan, born in Balham of Irish descent, sounds about as Scottish as Bob Hoskins was Nicola Sturgeon’s most senior adviser for nine years. Dolan first worked for Sturgeon in 2004 when she was depute SNP leader and was her senior special adviser until his recent retirement. 26 May 2011. […]
17 Jan 2017: Sturgeons recruits Ex MSP Stewart Maxwell to her “Special Adviser” team There is the belated announcement of the appointment of yet another new Special Adviser. Stewart Maxwell, formerly Convenor of the Scottish Parliament’s Education Committee, lost his seat in the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections. But on 13 January 2017 he announced on […]
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