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Firm behind clan gathering was given £180,000 secret bailout

The Scottish Government failed to carry out financial checks on the firm that ran the loss-making flagship event for Homecoming Scotland before it handed over a secret bailout of £180,000, a report has found.

The Gathering 2009 Ltd received the emergency payment before it collapsed in January with debts of more than £720,000 following the high-profile clan meeting in Holyrood Park in July of last year.