Aberdeenshire Council

At this time, the only fund being administered by Aberdeenshire Council is the Discretionary Business Fund. View full details of eligibility and to apply.

With the escalation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we want to reassure the businesses and communities of Aberdeenshire that we are working on your behalf to minimise the negative impact on the economy. We are liaising closely with both the UK and Scottish governments and will continue to do so as the situation develops. From this, we aim to develop a transferable action plan that will help us to assist our businesses and residents.

Together with our partner organisations, we will work, as far as is practically possible, to lessen the negative impact that is being felt from the effects of COVID-19. We appreciate that this is a very difficult time for your business and we are here to support you.

We also share updates as they become available on Twitter and LinkedIn. If you have a specific request and wish to contact a member of the Aberdeenshire Economic Development team, please email econdev@aberdeenshire.gov.uk.

View advice on reopening a business. The information is supported by officers from a number of services in the council, such as Trading Standards, Area Teams and Economic Development.

If you require cross service support in order to assist in your business re-opening or adapting following lock down restrictions, please fill in the Easing Lockdown Support form and we will assist you with your enquiry or table your proposal at our Easing Lockdown Support Forum.

Please send full details of your proposal including site location plan, any other plans, photographs or detail that may allow a full response to easinglockdownsupport@aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Please add your site address into the subject of the email; the more comprehensive your submission the quicker we can respond.