Trade urged to collect customer contact info

Operators opening outdoor areas today (July 6) are being encouraged to collect customer contact details to help support NHS Scotland’s Test and Protect system

Glasgow brewer unveils city centre beer garden plans

Plans to open a beer garden in Glasgow’s Merchant City have been revealed by brewer Glasgow Beer Works

Drinklusive to draw attention to lack of diversity in the drinks trade

Diversity and inclusivity in the drinks trade is the aim of a new organisation

Social distancing can be cut to one metre providing certain measures in place

All customers to be seated with screens between seating areas, staff wearing face coverings and no background music could be among the measures bars and restaurants will have to implement in order to operate with one metre social distancing when they open
BAaD beer pic

A good move at BAaD

Glasgow venue Barras Art and Design (BAaD) has rebranded its bar space as The Gypsy Taproom, with a focus on craft beers from Scotland and further afield

Ox and Finch plates up with Itison At Home

Ox and Finch is the latest Glasgow restaurant to join the Itison home dining service

Reopening resource for hospitality businesses unveiled

A toolkit designed to assist “frontline workers” in the hospitality trade with the safe reopening of venues has been developed by Experience Scotland.
Alistair Letham, Graham & Sibbald

Property firm bolsters trade team

Scottish property firm Graham & Sibbald has bolstered its hotel and leisure team with the appointment of Alistair Letham as a consultant.
Hotels facing difficulty due to lack of staff amid Brexit fears

Almost a million hospitality employees will return this month

A new survey from UK Hospitality found that more than 960,000 furloughed staff are expected to return to work in July, with another 720,000 to follow by the end of September.

Tennent’s enhances its online ordering

Tennent's is gearing up for the reopening of the on-trade with an expansion of its online ordering system, Tennent’s Direct

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