Question reference: S5W-35478
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 23 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been provided to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in each local authority area since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
The Scottish Government has provided £1.856 million in direct funding to 42 Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes funding to all 24 local authority areas that have BIDs. This funding helped to address immediate concerns and is enabling BIDs to provide continued resilience and focussed support to local businesses and communities.
A breakdown of funding to local authorities is set out in the following table.
Local Authority | Total Funding | BIDs |
Aberdeen City | £265,000.00 | Aberdeen Inspired |
Aberdeenshire | £39,960.00 | We are Inverurie; |
Argyll & Bute | £97,360.00 | BID4Oban, Dunoon Presents; |
City of Edinburgh | £302,500.00 | Edinburgh's West End; |
Clackmannanshire | £92,000.00 | Alloa First; Clacks First |
Dundee | £20,000.00 | Dundee (developing) |
East Dunbartonshire | £49,610.00 | Milngavie My Way; |
East Lothian | £7,700.00 | East Lothian Food and Drink |
East Renfrewshire | £52,662.50 | All About Barrhead; |
Falkirk | £56,500.00 | Falkirk Delivers |
Fife | £66,550.00 | BID St. Andrews; Cupar Digital |
Glasgow City | £107,641.67 | Byres Road & Lanes; |
Highland | £144,080.00 | Inverness City; Nairn Matters; |
Midlothian | £25,000.00 | One Dalkeith (developing) |
Moray | £88,462.50 | Embrace Elgin; Moray & Speyside |
Nan Eilian Siar | £10,000.00 | Stornoway (developing) |
Orkney Islands | £17,000.00 | Kirkwall |
Perth & Kinross | £29,500.00 | Crieff Succeeds |
Renfrewshire | £77,500.00 | Paisley First |
Scottish Borders | £27,900.00 | Selkirk Means Business; |
Shetland Islands | £23,550.00 | Living Lerwick |
South Lanarkshire | £80,625.00 | Discover Lanark; Hamilton: |
Stirling | £108,250.00 | Discover Dunblane; |
West Lothian | £67,605.00 | Enterprising Bathgate: |
TOTAL | £1,856,956.67 |