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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

A series of industry-led protocols on how businesses across the hospitality sector might operate post-lockdown is to be put to the UK and Scottish governments amid concerns that trading under strict social distancing restrictions will not be viable for many

An East Lothian operator is not only providing food for people in need during the COVID-19 crisis but has extended his services to help his local animal community