National Basic Payment Support Scheme 2017
Farmers and crofters who have received a National Basic Payment Support Scheme 2017 loan offer and who apply by the deadline of 20 October, will receive a payment worth 90 per cent of their 2017 BPS payment in early November (subject to the €150,000/£134,205 business cap).
Anyone who has received a loan of offer and hasn’t replied yet, should return their opt-in slip in the prepaid envelope supplied or email NationalBPSScheme@gov.scot if they wish to take up the loan offer.
Opt-in slips received after the 20 October date will still receive payment (but early payment cannot be guaranteed). We will continue to make offers to the remaining eligible businesses and hope to make them offers in the coming weeks.
For more information on the loan scheme, please check out our online Q&A.
Published on: 10 October, 2017