Fresh calls for tourism VAT cut

Hospitality chief calls on UK government to follow Ireland’s lead
A bartender

Abolish ten-year licences

Trade calls for personal licences to last a ‘lifetime’
Tourism continues to play a vital role in the Scottish economy

A ‘perfect storm’ looms for industry

Culmination of factors could threaten tourism sector’s future, warns the STA
The Dundee policy consultation will close on Friday November 24.

No new pubs for city of discovery?

Licensing board is proposing that the entire city should be declared ‘overprovided’
Jimmy Carr

Just three weeks to go until the SLTN Awards

THE judging is complete and the results are in! The SLTN Awards is just three weeks away
Scottish Government

Act now on PLH renewals

LICENSING lawyers have implored the Scottish Government to draw up plans for renewing personal licences in order to avoid “a last minute panic” in 2019
Bar with cocktail shaker

Trade is split on Barclay reaction

Industry groups welcome government response but operators voice concerns
Jimmy Carr

Carr returns to the SLTN Awards

Carr will preside over the presentation of more than 20 coveted corkscrew trophies
Tesco sign

Calls for a return of the ‘Tesco tax’

AFS has renewed calls for the reintroduction of the public health supplement on large retailers
European flags

Home Office plan blasted

Proposals to cut migrant worker numbers “unsettling”

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