NEW figures show the Scottish Government’s Small Business Bonus scheme has provided a record level of £1.8 million-worth of support to small businesses in the Western Isles this year.
Across Scotland, the scheme paid out more than £226 million in 2017-18, supporting more than 103,000 firms by reducing their rates liability and taking some firms out of business rates altogether. ‘To have more than a thousand businesses in the isles and more than 103,000 across Scotland benefitting from this policy is good for jobs and good for communities,’ said Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan.