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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Government to favour bidders who pay the Living Wage

Today the Scottish Government launched its new public procurement guidance to promote fair work.,hardly the revelation that we’d been hoping for back when we first started work on what became the Procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/10299/2015/10/06/government-to-favour-bidders-who-pay-the-living-wage

More employers must pledge to pay the living wage

But will this translate into higher wages for people here in Scotland?,When the Procurement Reform Bill was going through parliament, we argued that the living wage should,be part of the Bill, with all public contracts forced to pay the living wage.,But for now, in Scotland, we’ve missed our chance to build this into legislation.,Three, Scottish Government should use the new EU Directive on Public Procurement to make payment of the

https://scvo.scot/p/6577/2014/11/03/more-employers-must-pledge-to-pay-the-living-wage

Procurement bill missed opportunity for people and communities

John Downie blogs on the failings of the Procurement Bill to include the Living Wage and to help people,and communities.

https://scvo.scot/p/2247/2013/12/04/procurement-bill-missed-opportunity-for-people-and-communities