Funding to Malin Group and the Scottish Marine Technology Park: FOI release (reference 4818)

10 July 2020

10 August 2020

The total value of funding given by Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Government to Malin Group or any of its group companies, which consists of Malin Group, Malin Group Properties, Henry Abram & Sons, Malin Integrated Services, Malin Fabrication, John Tracey Specialist Welding or any other company which falls within the wider “group” of Malin Group, South Rotunda, Govan Road, Glasgow.

If funding has been given to Malin Group, Malin Group Properties, SMTP or any company within its group, can you advise:What controls have been put in place to ensure that any monies or funding provided is only spent on the SMTP project and not used for other projects within the group, bearing in mind the group has multiple companies under its umbrella and staff who overlap from one part of the group to another, or one project to another? What oversight is in place by Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Government to ensure funding and investment is spent only on the Scottish Marine Technology Park project and no other projects within the wider groups structure?

A grant for £8,250 was awarded to the Malin Group Ltd for contribution towards consultancy costs to develop a business/funding plan for the SMTP. Please note no claims have been made to date on this award and no monies paid out thus far. A grant for £22,000 was also awarded to the Malin Group Ltd for contribution towards the salary of an employee to work as a project manager on the SMTP project. Please note £14,666.66 has been paid out against this award thus far.

Regarding the controls and oversight Scottish Enterprise (SE) has over the funding awarded, for the consultancy project Scottish Enterprise had sight of the consultant’s proposal and will make a contribution only when we have a copy of the consultant’s final report and confirmation that the consultant has been paid in full. For the contribution to the employee costs for the project manager it is SE policy to accept quarterly requests for payment that are supplied with payslips, BACS payment details, progress report and corresponding bank statements are required as proof of expenditure. No deviations for the process are permitted so SE can always be confident that no fraudulent claims can be progressed.