Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 30 September 2020.
Alexander Burnett
Conservative
According to the Scottish Government’s own figures, Aberdeenshire businesses have lost out on Covid-19 funding because of controversial rate hikes, with 73 per cent of properties in Aberdeenshire paying more following the increase in 2017, despite the oil crash in 2015.
That meant that fewer than half of all businesses were eligible for grant funding. Will the Minister review the support that is available for those Aberdeenshire businesses, or will he continue to use the north-east as a cash cow?
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