Covid-19: Businesses left in the dark over support scheme
By Michael Sheils McNamee
image captionThe Localised Restriction Support Scheme is aimed at helping businesses with a physical location
Some businesses in Northern Ireland have been left in the dark waiting for pandemic support payments, a business representative body has said.
It is aimed at businesses forced to close or severely restrict operations because of government regulations to try to halt the spread of Covid-19.
The Department of Finance said it has paid £113m, to date, to more than 10,000 businesses under the scheme.
It began issuing top-up payments earlier this month to cover the six-week lockdown from 26 December.
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THE body representing the north s food and drink processors has called on Economy Minister Diane Dodds to replicate a €100 million (£90m) capital investment scheme in the Republic to prevent food processors here falling behind their competitors.