All other sectors have received like-for-like funds, with money passed from Westminster to cover the cost.
Founder of Pure Spa And Beauty, Becky Woodhouse, who has two Aberdeen premises in Union Square and Cults, said her firm has lost out on £18,000 in the Granite City alone – money they were banking on to pay backdated rent and to cover the cost of reopening.
She said: “This is a massive blow to the Scottish close contact services industry and puts us as a huge disadvantage to our colleagues in the rest of the UK.
“I really don’t understand the government’s thinking on this decision when £800 million of funding has been provided specifically for the restart grants in Scotland, yet you have chosen to single out close contact services as the only industry in Scotland.
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