Right to work checks crucial
Employers should follow new Home Office guidance and help prevent illegal working, writes employment lawyer David Hoey
Stirling study a slight on trade
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
Arran story is compelling
AS I sit at my computer, stroking my (Movember only) moustache and contemplating the latest developments in the trade, I find myself becoming more...
Trade association’s evolution continues
Earlier this year, following our EGM, and in partnership with our chairman, Donald Campbell of Inverarity Morton, the SLTA put forward proposals to radically change...
Time to take a longer term view
Retirement planning is an important consideration for anyone working in the licensed trade, writes advisor Angus Kirk
VAT cut extension vital for hospitality sector
The announcement by Scottish finance minister Kate Forbes that the current non-domestic rates ‘holiday’ for hospitality and tourism businesses is to be extended until April 2022 gives some much-needed good news to a hospitality sector struggling to survive the devastating effects of this protracted lockdown
Staff and costs hold back sector
The much hoped for recovery still seems a long way away, writes Leon Thompson of UK Hospitality Scotland.
Further licensing law changes on horizon?
The Immigration Bill 2015-16 contains a number of proposals that will affect liquor licensing laws in England and Wales.
With the potential for elements of...
Employment law landscape shifts
Further legislative change is on the horizon and hospitality sector employers must keep up to speed, writes lawyer Laura Salmond .
New licence conditions could clash with licensing legislation
Recent council motions may be well meaning but they are at odds with licensing, writes Stephen McGowan of TLT.
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