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

SLTA urges pubs to comply with Test and Protect

The Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) has urged operators across Scotland to ensure they are recording customer contact details after the rules became mandatory last Friday (August 14)

Aberdeen hotel dives into action for charity

The sky is the limit for staff at an Aberdeen hotel who raised thousands of pounds for charity
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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
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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

Scots nightclub operators urged to complete business impact survey

Nightclub operators in Scotland are being urged to complete a quick online survey about the impact of the COVID lockdown on their business in a bid to secure financial support for the sector which still has no opening date in sight

A new tool for tackling anxiety

Hospitality workers anxious about returning to work in the time of COVID-19 can turn to a new resource from tourism group Experience Glasgow and trade charity Hospitality Health
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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

Rebel without a rum

Ian Macleod Distillers is looking to lure rum fans to the whisky category with a new bottling of its Smokehead single malt ahead of International Rum Day

Highland business owners’ plea for growth fund

Highland business owners have called on the Scottish and UK Governments to create a new ‘growth fund’ to support the region as it attempts to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic

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