Aberdeen operators voluntarily close amid COVID cluster
Three operators in Aberdeen have voluntarily closed the doors of their venues temporarily amid a cluster of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city
Eat Out to Help Out scheme is now live
The UK Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme is now live, with venues able to register at the gov.uk website
Multi-million hotels fund announced
The funding package is designed to provide “some security” to larger hotel businesses until next season
Scots nightclub operators back fresh plea for support
Scottish nightclub and music venue operators have thrown their weight behind fresh calls for the UK Government to support the sector as coronavirus lockdown measures are eased for the rest of the licensed trade but late night venues still have no timeframe for reopening
Fresh calls for longer-term trade support
Sustained sector-specific support is needed for businesses in Scotland’s hospitality sector as a return to 2019 levels of businesses is not expected until 2022
Trade gears up to reopen
Bar, restaurant and hotel operators and staff across Scotland are gearing up to open indoors to customers tomorrow (Wednesday July 15) after almost four months of closure
Eat Out to Help Out site goes live
Bar, pub and restaurant operators can now register online to take part in the UK Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme
Trade welcomes 5% VAT rate
VAT on food and accommodation in hospitality venues is to be cut to 5% for the next six months and consumers offered discounted meals in venues as part of a raft of new measures designed to kickstart the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown
Support for Scottish music venues being ‘actively considered’
Support for grassroots music venues is being “actively considered” by the Scottish Government, economy secretary Fiona Hyslop has said
Operators urged to ‘discourage’ smoking in queues
The Scottish Government has written to hospitality and retail businesses encouraging them to “take steps to discourage people from smoking or vaping” while queuing to enter premises
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