BUSINESSES who have not been told to close in the latest round of covid restrictions are asking country leaders for more adequate financial support.

Busy Bee Catering which operate in Glasgow have not been legally told to close but say in order to maintain their bills and staffing costs more funding should be put in place.

The company was previously awarded a support grant of £10,000 at the beginning of the pandemic.

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Lucy Flemming of Busy Bees catering said: “At the start of the pandemic we received the £10,000 support grant because we have a small premise where we prepare food. It sounds a lot, but it really wasn’t.

“In terms of the amount that we have had to put out because of Covid including refunds it basically cancelled it out. Because we have not been told to close, we are not really entitled to massive amounts of money or support.

“I think the amount we are entitled to a month is £1400 but we essentially have no revenue streams as there are no events booked.

“Our business really can’t operate, and we have been forced to innovate with new revenue streams for example deliveries, but that’s not something we are used to or set up to do.

“The concern is we have still got bills and staff which we need to pay. We have a viable business we just can’t operate because of Covid and the decision that the Scottish Government has made with the restrictions.

“The £1400 every four months is essentially one person’s full time wage or one major bill, it really isn’t an awful lot. We are sitting at a loss every month but it is coming up to Christmas and this normally wouldn’t be a problem.”

Ms Flemming has said she would like to be recognised for the loss of revenue streams. Events have been completely stopped. They need realistic and adequate support package to help them through this crisis.

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She added: “We have been adamant from the start that we will look after staff. We are a family run business and there are no other jobs in hospitality.

“We are facing the same issue with our hardship grant. We applied for it almost two weeks ago and have not heard anything in return.

“We are constantly having to restock and reimburse people who are no longer able to host their event through us because of the limits. We have been told that we just need to wait and see what happens.”

Glasgow City Council has confirmed that, like all the Scottish local authorities, they are currently awaiting guidance from the Scottish Government on any future rounds of funding.

There is no more information at this time.