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The UK Government’s decision to extend its Job Retention Scheme to employees hired on or before March 19 has been welcomed by trade group UK Hospitality

Renewed calls for Scottish Government to offer parity with England and address £51,000 rateable value cap

An online ‘webinar’ to help business owners keep their premises secure during the COVID-19 shutdown will be held tomorrow (April 16)

The interim chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – the UK’s financial services regulator – has written to the country’s insurance companies to demand that claims related to the coronavirus pandemic “are assessed and settled quickly”

Change will offer 100% grant on first property and 75% grant on all subsequent properties

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has launched a helpline to deliver free business advice to help steer companies through the coronavirus lockdown period

Hospitality workers stuck at home during the lockdown now have the option to undertake free training, thanks to industry charity HIT Scotland

An Edinburgh hotel has provided 1000 nights of free accommodation for key medical workers amid the COVID-19 outbreak

Support for industry is needed now, writes Alan Russell, owner of the Longniddry Inn and Adniston Manor, both East Lothian; the Coronation Restaurant in Gorebridge, Midlothian

Chivas Brothers, the Pernod Ricard-owned whisky company, has despatched two tankers of grain spirit to manufacturing partners as part of its effort to help produce hand sanitiser gel for frontline NHS staff