Business for Scotland – COVID-19 Survey

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Scottish Ministers Welcome BfS COVID-19 Survey

355 responses and counting

The survey BfS has been running for the last two weeks has already generated 355 responses and I have shared the provisional survey results on the phone with Scottish Ministers. As a result, the survey has already influenced the Scottish Government’s thinking on developing business support policy. Personally I felt some of the survey statistics and stories were astounding and so they are vitally important for the Scottish Government to understand.
Ministers will receive the full report and our policy recommendations early next week – IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY DONE THE SURVEY – please take a few minutes to  (confidentially) complete this important survey on how your business has been impacted.
PLEASE also pass the survey link on to any business owners you think would be willing to participate, the Survey closes Sunday, May 3rd at noon.All information collected will be treated with the utmost confidentiality – we will not ask you for any information that identifies your company nor will we present any information supplied individually / not as part of the whole, so you can answer frankly and candidly in all confidence. The information will be used solely to advise policy makers.
Please hit Submit My Results at the end of the Survey or we won’t receive your answers.
Complete the survey here.  
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Local Business Grants – thanks to West Lothian Council

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Hyslop Thanks Council Staff as 1,416 Businesses are Supported through Covid Crisis

Local Linlithgow Constituency MSP, Fiona Hyslop, has thanked West Lothian Council Staff for their hard work in processing 1,416 Scottish Government grants and ensuring that over £16m of support reached our local businesses during the current Covid 19 pandemic.

A total of £16.13 has been awarded through Scottish Government Schemes to support small businesses and the retail, hospitality and leisure sector. This grant support is worth over £1 billion to business across the country and is part of the wider business support package worth £2.3 billion.

Commenting, Fiona said;

“This is an exceptionally difficult time for businesses across West Lothian. This Scottish Government funding is designed to support firms and ensure that our economy is on the best possible footing when we get through this health crisis.

“I know it has been a challenge for local authorities to process these grants in such a short space of time and so I want to extend my thanks to the staff at West Lothian Council who are working tirelessly to ensure that Scottish Government money is reaching businesses and helping to support the local economy.

“I would encourage all businesses across West Lothian to ensure that they are receiving the support they are entitled to.”