Decision details

(i)              to note that the Socio-Economic Rescue Plan is in implementation phase and the updates on progress provided via the progress tracker (Appendix 1);

(ii)            to note the additional three interventions added to the Plan to support Actions 1.5, 2.4 and 2.5 (Business Theme) and Action 3.1 (Place Theme) to support the tourism, leisure and hospitality sector which will be met from the existing approved budget;

(iii)           to note the proposed closing date for the Hospitality Business Support Fund;

(iv)           to note the reported drastic drop in employment vacancies available in Aberdeen;

(v)                to regret the Scottish Governments’ obsession with independence as opposed to helping Scotland with an economic exit strategy from Covid; and

(vi)           to instruct the Chief - Officer City Growth to engage with business leaders within the city to set up a task force from the Business Resilience Group set up in the immediate response to Covid-19 led by Aberdeen City Council as part of the Social Economic Rescue work, to work with both the UK Government and Scottish Government to ensure Aberdeen is the vanguard that leads Scotland out of its economic challenges.