Aberdeen support fund goes live
Hospitality businesses in Aberdeen can now apply for grants of either £1000 or £1500 per premises through the city council website
COVID closure powers for councils
Local authorities across Scotland are to be given new powers to close or impose additional conditions on venues deemed to be breaching COVID guidelines
Support for Aberdeen businesses as lockdown continues
A £1 million support fund for Aberdeen businesses has been announced by first minister Nicola Sturgeon as she confirmed lockdown restrictions in the city are to remain in place
New Aberdeen group aims to ‘rebuild customer confidence’
A new hospitality trade group in Aberdeen is to create an assurance scheme for participating venues to reassure returning customers once venues in the city are allowed to reopen
Test and protect rules include delivery drivers and cleaners
Bar, pub and restaurant operators across Scotland must now record contact details for delivery drivers and cleaners visiting their premises as well as customers
No background music or TV volume, Sturgeon says
There should be no background music – or volume from a television – in pubs and restaurants from today (Friday August 14), first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said
Aberdeen venues to remain closed
Licensed venues in Aberdeen will have to remain shut for at least another week after first minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was “not yet possible to lift any of the restrictions put in place” in the city
Taking customer contact details to be mandatory from next week
Pubs and restaurants will be legally required to take customer contact details from next Friday (August 14), Nicola Sturgeon has said
Edinburgh waives pavement permit fees
City of Edinburgh Council has announced that it is waiving the fees for tables and chairs permits until the end of October
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
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