{"id":27582,"date":"2026-03-12T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=27582"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:39:17","slug":"holyrood-urged-to-back-mod-deal-for-scotland-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=27582","title":{"rendered":"Holyrood urged to back MoD deal for Scotland \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAE-Systems-Govan-shed.png\" alt=\"BAE Systems Govan shed\" class=\"wp-image-180961 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAE-Systems-Govan-shed.png\" alt=\"BAE Systems Govan shed\" class=\"wp-image-180961 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAE-Systems-Govan-shed.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAE-Systems-Govan-shed-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAE-Systems-Govan-shed-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAE-Systems-Govan-shed-600x404.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The UK government is investing billions in Scotland\u2019s defence sector<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Ministry of Defence has handed Scotland a further \u00a350 million boost on condition that the Scottish Government backs the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It includes two new Defence Technical Excellence Colleges (DTECs) costing \u00a310m that will be set up ?in the east and west if match funding is provided by Holyrood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard,?and Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander?today?launched?the Scotland Defence Growth Deal at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mr Alexander said: \u201cIf the Scottish Government provide match funding for these two\u00a0DTECs\u00a0we will work in consultation with Colleges Scotland to understand which colleges can achieve DTEC status and how we implement this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The deal will also include?\u00a0\u00a35m in support of the Arrol Gibb Innovation Campus, Rosyth and a similar sum to support the Clyde Engineering and Innovation Centre, near HMNB Clyde.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mr Pollard said: \u201cWe pledged a Defence Growth Deal for Scotland and today we are delivering on that commitment. Scotland is not just part of the UK\u2019s defence story?-?it is?vital?to it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cFrom the Clyde to Rosyth, from Edinburgh to the Highlands, Scottish industry, Scottish?workers?and Scottish ingenuity are keeping Britain secure.?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Gavin Donoghue, CEO of Colleges Scotland, welcomed the announcement. He said:??\u00a0\u201cToday\u2019s announcement of a Defence Technical Excellence College (DTEC) model in Scotland, puts colleges at the heart of defence skills.??\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe East and West DTECs will ensure there is a clear focus on strengthening regional capability and creating skilled employment to support the defence sector, in colleges up and down the country.?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The MOD?spent?more than \u00a32 billion?in Scotland in 2024\/25, directly supporting?11,800 industry jobs?and placing 254 contracts with Scottish businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Industry analysis suggests there could be demand fo4 50,000?additional?defence jobs across the UK by 2034\/35.?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Holyrood #urged #MoD #deal #Scotland #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK government is investing&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,265,110,11002,15747,11014,1642,15748,15749,590],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}