Trade groups join forces on training
By Gillian McKenzie
SLTA and BII Scotland form ‘mutually beneficial’ partnership
THE SLTA and BII Scotland have joined forces to pool resources on training.
The two trade...
Diageo backs ‘THINK!’ campaign to tackle festive drink driving
ONLY 53% of 17 to 30-year-old men believe that it is ‘very risky’ to drive when over the legal alcohol limit – implying that 47% still believe drink-driving is not really a high risk behaviour.
Trade groups request urgent call with FM on Glasgow restrictions
Trade groups the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) and UK Hospitality have written to first minister Nicola Sturgeon to request an urgent call to discuss the “wave of challenges” facing hospitality businesses in Glasgow after the city was kept in level three of restrictions.
Levels changes for 16 council areas
Coronavirus restrictions will change in 16 council areas this Friday, the first minister has announced
Takeaway rules tightened
Premises offering takeaway services will have to give orders to customers at a serving hatch or doorway from Saturday, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced
Stewart Brewing announces £330,000 investment in green tech
Midlothian craft beer pioneers are installing Solar Photovoltaic panels across their building roofs and walls, and Carbon Capture machines to collect and bottle the CO2 produced on site.
Aberdeen operators hit out at authorities’ handling of COVID cluster
Aberdeen operators have hit out at authorities’ handling of the COVID-19 outbreak and fear they may have traded for more than a week after the initial cases emerged, unaware that someone with COVID-19 could have been in their venue
UK venues to bear anti-terrorism obligations
The legislation has been nicknamed ‘Martyn’s law’ in memory of Martyn Hett, one of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing, whose mother, Figen Murray, has since campaigned for venues to have better anti-terrorism plans.
Alcohol tax is ‘unworkable’
Calls for Social Responsibility Levy branded ‘outrageous’ .
Criminal convictions can be a tricky part of the licensing system
Oddly, although driving a vehicle while under the influence of drugs or with an alcohol concentration above the limit constitutes a relevant offence, a refusal to take a breath test does not.
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