{"id":674,"date":"2019-01-11T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/?p=674"},"modified":"2019-01-11T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:50:16","slug":"weekly-round-up-11-01-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/2019\/01\/11\/weekly-round-up-11-01-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly round-up: 11\/01\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-678 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/MG-abbattoir-quote--300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/MG-abbattoir-quote--300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/MG-abbattoir-quote--768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/MG-abbattoir-quote-.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/MG-abbattoir-quote--750x375.png 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/MG-abbattoir-quote--802x401.png 802w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/150;\" \/>Addressing animal welfare issues this week at Parliament, Rural Affairs Minister Mairi Gougeon announced that CCTV will now become a legal requirement in slaughterhouses across Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/news\/animal-welfare-improved\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hill farmers and crofters in Scotland\u2019s most remote areas will continue to receive assistance under the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) into 2020, Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing confirms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/news\/less-favoured-areas-scheme-1\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-675 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/LFASS-support-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/LFASS-support-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/LFASS-support-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/LFASS-support.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/LFASS-support-750x375.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2019\/01\/LFASS-support-802x401.jpg 802w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/150;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Small and Medium Enterprises with fewer than 250 employees received \u20ac73.5 million of the \u20ac86 million awarded to Scottish businesses by the Horizon 2020 <b><\/b>programme. 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