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Bartenders can receive advice on how to maintain a healthy mind and body throughout the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, with the help of trade charity Healthy Hospo

Hospitality industry trade groups have given an initial welcome to chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement today (May 12) that the UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to be extended by four months to the end of October

Trade group UK Hospitality is set to publish a number of ‘protocol’ documents to help operators prepare to reopen their businesses safely after the current shutdown

An extended and flexible furlough scheme is “critical to the survival” of hospitality businesses which are to be among the last to reopen

Bars in Glasgow are being encouraged to join a new online service that delivers cocktails to households during the coronavirus pandemic

Despite having been granted the same funding per business as the UK Government, the Scottish Government has decided to spend £500,000 on a small number of research projects, including one on the reopening of licensed premises

Trade group UK Hospitality has called on the Scottish Government to delay the rates revaluation due to take place in 2022 and which will use the ‘tone date’ of April this year as its basis

Contactless ordering, staff wearing face masks and gloves at all times, single-use menus, table screens and surface cleaning every 15 minutes are among the measures Brewdog intends to implement in its bars when they can be reopened

Brewdog has released a limited edition Punk IPA pack which will see all profits donated to the Help NHS Heroes campaign

Scottish finance secretary Kate Forbes has indicated that it is likely to be “summer and beyond” before Scotland’s pubs and bars are able to reopen