Question reference: S5W-35660
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 2 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 11 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether businesses offering mobile phone repairs and other similar businesses are eligible for COVID-19 business support funding, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
The Strategic Framework Business Fund offers grants only for businesses required to close by law, and grants for those businesses that remain open but are specifically required to modify their operations by law. Non-essential retail businesses are eligible for a temporary closure grant. Shops that are able to provide a permitted collection service under the Regulations are also eligible for a closure grant through the Strategic Framework Business Fund. The Regulations specify which businesses can provide a permitted collection service.