The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed one of China’s leading female businesswomen and online travel agency CTrip CEO Jane Sun to her official residence, in Edinburgh. The First Minister previously met Jane Sun when she visited China earlier this year.
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met with Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania, Renatas Norkus to discuss the Scottish Government commitment to deeper engagement with Nordic & Baltic partners.
The First Minister traveled to Brussels to meet with with the EU’s Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and the official opening of the expanded Scotland House. 📷 @MichelBarnier receives @NicolaSturgeon, First Minister of the Scottish Government | Photos: https://t.co/LhaKt8rKt1 pic.twitter.com/eJsbhFvqal — EC AV Services (@EC_AVService) May 28, 2018 She also took part in a live… Read more »
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met with chef and food campaigner Jamie Oliver whilst in London to discuss joint action to tackle child obesity and unhealthy eating. She said: Our guiding ambition is to halve child obesity in Scotland by 2030 and we’ll outline in our forthcoming Healthy Weight plan how we will develop the necessary… Read more »
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended an evening reception to celebrate trade and tourism at the end of the first full day of her official visit to China. She also highlighted tourism figures which show total spend by Chinese visitors to Scotland has increased by 414% from £7 million to £36 million since 2007. The number… Read more »
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon travelled to Jersey for the 29th meeting of the British-Irish Council Summit (BIC). The summit brought together heads of delegation from the Scottish Government, Irish and UK Government as well as representatives of the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. Ahead of the meeting the First Minister said the UK Government… Read more »
FM makes commitment to support entrepreneurs. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a new £4 million scheme this week to support up to 40 budding entrepreneurs each year – the Unlocking Ambition Challenge. She made the announcement while addressing the Start-up Summit, at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. This is an annual event to help new… Read more »
The First Minister met with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission Board and Scotland Committee to discuss the implications of Brexit and devolution of powers to Scotland. There was also discussion about the fact that the Scottish Government is in the process of clarifying its advertising of all Government jobs which are suitable as being… Read more »