There is a year to apply for coronavirus business support says Highland MSP and finance minister Kate Forbes

Small businesses have been told not to panic in the face of the coronavirus pandemic by MSP Kate Forbes.

The Dingwall-based MSP for for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch has said her email inbox is inundated with people worrying about the short deadline for applications to the non-domestic rate grants scheme for those affected by coronavirus shut downs.

In a tweet, Ms Forbes, who is the Scottish Finance Secretary, said: "A lot of people panicking in my inbox about the deadline for business support grants being tomorrow – it’s not, it’s 31 March 2021, next year."

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