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Banks told to 'do their bit' as financial rescue package handed to fragile Scottish businesses.

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Banks are being told to “do their bit” for struggling Scots as finances disappear during the coronavirus lockdown.Scotland’s finance secretary, Kate Forbes, said lenders "need to be sympathetic” as the SNP Government outlined more financial help for communities.More than 650 seafood companies will get £5million to help during the outbreak.Many lost their livelihoods overnight when the virus cut off European markets and broke vital supply routes for langoustine, prawns and crab.The firms are crucial to the economy of remote coastal communities.Forbes said: “This is about getting through the next few months, this is about ensuring we still have an economy at the end of it and that businesses that have struggled can bounce back and people have

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