Chancellor, Rishi Sunak’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme provided over 6 million discounted meals across 
, 66,000 of which were in Banff and Buchan.
A total of 89 restaurants, bars and cafes registered for the scheme in Banff and Buchan, out of a total of 8,543 across .
Discounts of up to £10 per meal were available for diners across for most of the month of August.
There was a further reduction in cost to customers due to the VAT reduction from 20% to 5% for tourism and hospitality across the whole - this VAT reduction remains in effect until January 2021.
