Tynwald select committee hears business loan plans
Emergency loan assistance will be offered to businesses on Douglas promenade.
The announcement came during a committee hearing this morning at Legislative Buildings in Douglas.
It heard a marketing budget has been approved to help hoteliers and a support loan scheme will be available once details are finalised with Treasury.
Enterprise Minister Laurence Skelly made the comments while giving evidence to the Tynwald committee:-
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