NSE and MCC Grant update 12th March 2021
The question keeps popping up on posts and threads in our Facebook group regarding reapply for the NSE or MCC grant WITHOUT being invited to do so by email from UMi … I ASKED SCOT GOV and they are still saying DO NOT reapply unless invited to do so. I have seen...
NSE and MCC Grant Update 11th March 2021
Update following meeting with Scot. Gov iro. processing your NSE & MCC grant applications. * Requested application extension to 23rd March. * Requested reapplications accepted after applications close providing already in the system – IE have an application...
NSE and MCC Grant Update 8th March 2021
Sharing an update following my meeting today with Scot Gov, IRO the MCC and NSE grants.I spent an hour and 20 minutes going through the issues you have experienced and sought information to give you a realistic expectation of the situation as it stands today.As of...
Scotland Tour Operators Fund
Scotland Tour Operators Fund – COVID-19 The criteria for the Scotland Inbound Tour Operators COVID-19 Business Support and Continuity Fund has widened and a new fund, the Scotland Day Tour Operators COVID-19 Business Support and Continuity Fund, has been...
NSE and MCC Grant update 1st March 2021
I have news from Scottish Government – re GRANTS – #grantshambles I will collate where we are with your applications to send an update to Scot. Gov. on Wednesday. In my reply tonight I have asked about the process for B and B that are not yet...
Scotland Will Receive £375 MILLION of the £4.6 BILLION!
Chancellor announces one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring £594 million discretionary fund also made available to support other impacted businesses comes in...
Local Authority Discretionary Grants
As of midnight on 14th February 2021 we are still waiting for Discretionary Grants to open to applications in the following local authorities;- Argyll and Bute Dumfries and Galloway East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire Na h-Eileanan Siar North Ayrshire Orkney Shetland...
Scot Gov New Grant for Taxi and Private Hire Drivers
A new grant will be launched this week for taxi and private hire drivers affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Scotland’s local authorities will directly approach an estimated 38,000 drivers inviting them to claim the £1500 funding to help with their fixed costs....
Home Based Businesses
Do you have a home based business or one which works remotely from a client’s premises?We are collating information on our Facebook page in order to push our government / local authorities to recognise the need to support business which fall into this category....
Local Council Discretionary Grants | Highland Council
Local Authority Discretionary Grants – Highland Council.Finally some news and it is not at all satisfactory and it took a Freedom of Information request to obtain it! “You asked for details on the grants paid out by the Council under the Local Authority...