Braehead Foods, Allson Wholesale, Inverarity Morton and Lynas are just four of the forty wholesalers who have been awarded further funding of £5.37m from The Scottish Wholesale Food and Drink Resilience Fund.
They have been supported due to the fact they were impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions over the winter period.
Announcing the recipients of the fund, Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon said, “This Government remains firm in its commitment to support food and drink wholesalers who have been hit disproportionately by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Wholesale Food and Drink Resilience Fund has had a very positive response and I am pleased that 40 Scottish businesses will now benefit from it.
“I would like to thank everyone involved in making this fund a success and we will continue to work closely with the sector and provide support where appropriate.”
The funding ranged from £6,907 up to an award of £729,850 to Braehead Foods.
The full list of successful applicants is available on the Scottish Government website.
The application process opened up in January this year and successful applicants were determined by a panel comprising individuals from the Scottish Government’s Food & Drink Policy Division, the Scottish Wholesale Association and an independent representative from the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society.