Coronavirus: Operators should keep pushing on insurance
Business interruption insurance is intended to cover financial losses where business operations have been interrupted, because of unexpected events causing damage to the property insured. The coronavirus pandemic is definitely an unexpected event, and it has interrupted the operations of most businesses across the drinks, leisure and hospitality industry which were forced to close due to sanitation and contamination concerns
Time to remove barriers to growth
Government has a role to play in helping the hospitality sector flourish, writes BHA Scotland chief Willie Macleod
THE significance of the hospitality industry to...
Rural venues determined to survive
Scottish rural businesses are feeling the squeeze of new drink drive laws but we’re determined to survive, writes restaurateur Alison Bouteloup.
We’ve seen numerous articles...
A disgraceful betrayal of trust
Scottish Government ignored industry advice to make damaging tourist tax decision, writes UK Hospitality’s Willie Macleod
VAT cut extension vital for hospitality sector
The announcement by Scottish finance minister Kate Forbes that the current non-domestic rates ‘holiday’ for hospitality and tourism businesses is to be extended until April 2022 gives some much-needed good news to a hospitality sector struggling to survive the devastating effects of this protracted lockdown
Operators can make e-cigs call
It’s up to licensees to create their own policy on ‘vaping’ in their premises, writes electronic cigarette firm boss Emma Logan
HARDLY a day goes...
No end in sight for licensing reform
Recent suggested additions to licensing law have been absurd, but that won’t stop politicians introducing more, writes Stephen McGowan
As reported in SLTN, the Scottish Parliament...
Hospitality should embrace digital
Technology such as EPOS, online reservations and inventory systems are the future for the trade, writes Carl Reader
Trade must get itself connected
A comprehensive online strategy can benefit hospitality businesses, says digital marketing manager Simon Bennison
IT’S quickly becoming clear that no one in the hospitality industry...
Wine producers could learn a thing or two from the music industry
By Guy Chatfield
HOW many new tunes from ‘old’ bands do you hear on the radio at the moment?
Since the famous foursome reformed with...
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