Public Interest Journalism Working Group recommendations: Scottish Government response

Recommendation 8 - Business advertising tax incentives

The Working Group recommends that the Scottish Government should engage with the UK Government to create tax incentives for businesses to advertise with public interest news providers.

The Scottish Government believes that further research is required in order to establish the effectiveness of the UK Government creating tax incentives for businesses to advertise with public interest news providers. The Scottish Government will review the effectiveness of such a policy and, if deemed effective, engage with UK Government to suggest carrying out a scoping exercise on the policy.