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
Additional support for island businesses
Hospitality businesses in the Scottish islands currently under level three coronavirus restrictions are to receive additional financial support, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced
Scottish Government announces ‘top-up’ grants for hospitality
The Scottish Government has announced new “top-up” grants of £6000 or £25,000 for hospitality businesses
Impact of poor December could be felt until 2022
A “devastating” December for hospitality has thrown millions of pounds of investment into doubt, with the effects likely to be felt until 2022
Forbes: no new money for Scotland
Scottish finance secretary Kate Forbes has said she is “surprised and disappointed” that a new £4.6 billion coronavirus fund from the UK Treasury will seemingly contain no new money for Scotland
Treasury announces £4 billion in business support
The UK Treasury has announced a further £4 billion in support for businesses as Scotland and England return to a state of full lockdown
Mainland in lockdown for whole of January
Mainland Scotland will be put into lockdown for the whole of January from midnight tonight (4th January).
Scottish Government outlines £104 million hospitality support package
The Scottish Government has outlined details of a £104 million new year hospitality and tourism support package – including over £50 million earmarked for businesses with rateable values over £51,000 which were left out of its earlier grants schemes.
‘Immediate robust support’ crucial as Boxing Day lockdown looms
An “additional upweighted ‘extraordinary’ package of funding” must be urgently identified from Scottish and UK government budgets to support hospitality businesses and the supply chain when further coronavirus lockdown measures kick in on Boxing Day, business trade groups have said.
Trade facing further lockdown from Boxing Day
Pubs and restaurants across Scotland will have to close from Boxing Day after first minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed all of mainland Scotland will be put under level four restrictions from 26th December.
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