Protecting jobs

■ The UK Government is supporting a third of Scotland’s workforce, 936,500 jobs, 45,000 more since June end

■ £2.3 billion-plus UK Government loans to 65,000 Scottish firms supports furlough and self-employed schemes

■ The UK Government has also deferred VAT bills and increased support to individuals through Universal Credit

■ In addition, the UK Government has allocated additional £6.5 billion direct funding to the Scottish Government

■ The UK Government cut VAT to 5% to boost tourism

■ Eat Out to Help Out adopted by 3,100plus Scottish sites

■ New £1,000 job retention bonus helps retain staff while £2 billion Kickstart scheme aims to create thousands of jobs for young people