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City of Edinburgh Council has announced that it is waiving the fees for tables and chairs permits until the end of October

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

Pubs, bars and restaurants across Aberdeen will have to shut tonight (August 5) after first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the city will be put back into lockdown

Three operators in Aberdeen have voluntarily closed the doors of their venues temporarily amid a cluster of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city 

Eusebi Deli in Glasgow has reopened its doors and is welcoming back customers with a seasonal menu

Heineken-owned pub company Star Pubs & Bars has announced extensive refurbs of four pubs in the central belt as part of a claimed £1 million spend in the west central belt

Locally sourced food is at the heart of reopening for two Perthshire venues

Heineken UK has launched payment and loyalty app Swifty as an easy-to-use solution for on-trade venues – something that’s even more important in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown

The UK Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme is now live, with venues able to register at the gov.uk website

Since its foundations were first laid over a century ago, The Ben (The Benevolent Society of the Licensed Trade of Scotland) has had one fundamental objective: to help those in the Scottish licensed trade who have fallen on hard times