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Act now to comply with data changes

New regulations on storing and using customer information will have major implications for hospitality businesses, writes Brian McCulloch.

Property market will return to good health

Apart from stating the obvious – that no one really knows where we are and what is happening – clients, buyers, stakeholders and even my wife all regularly ask me what the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown has been on the market so far

Rates delay bad news for trade

TIMING, so the mantra goes, is the golden rule of comedy. That being the case, one can only conclude that finance minister John Swinney has no delusions of abandoning the day job in favour of a role as a stand-up. Take last week’s announcement by the Scottish Government that it intends to fall in line with Westminster and delay the next rating revaluation from 2015 until 2017. While the subject of property rates can never be described as a laughing matter, there was some irony in the fact the decision came in a consultation paper titled ‘Supporting Business – Promoting Growth’.

Trade needs a break if it is to flourish

IN just seven weeks time we will honour some of the very best people and premises across Scotland’s licensed trade. The SLTN team is busy...

Trade must make voice heard on DRS

Industry needs to help shape deposit return scheme with hospitality interests at its core, writes Crieff Hydro’s Alexandra MacDonald .

Why the pandemic has shone a light on mental health in hospitality

Mental health issues cannot be swept under the carpet, writes Jane Rennie.

Trade can rise to challenges ahead

AS the trade surveys its prospects at the start of another year, it’s hard to imagine that 2011 will amount to anything more than...
• Andrew Stanley said capital allowances can be claimed on fixtures considered integral to a venue, such as lighting.

Trade must act to access tax relief

Bar, restaurant and hotel owners could be missing out on substantial sums, writes tax adviser Andrew Stanley THE low profile of capital allowances and the...

EU influence still holds sway in UK

Significant changes to employment law ‘unlikely’ in the short-term, says Marie Macdonald, head of employment law at MSHB Solicitors ON June 23, the UK voted...
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In Scotland David is beating Goliath

Recent high-profile closures have reinforced the resilience of Scotland’s independent restaurant scene, writes Alan Gordon .

Columns

Jack Cummins
LEGAL by Jack Cummins
FINANCIAL Wylie & Bisset
Neil Morrison
ASK THE OPERATOR Neil Morrison
THE GRAPEVINE
Luke Richardson
MEET THE MAKER
William Woodburn
MIXED UP WORLD Ewan Angus