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Limited changes to Scotland s hospitality restrictions would safeguard businesses, new study finds The future of 1,800 Scottish hospitality businesses and 32,500 workers could be secured with just limited changes to restrictions, including an extension to opening hours, a new economic impact study has found.
An independent study by BiGGAR Economics - commissioned by Diageo on behalf of the hospitality sector - has found that adjusting opening hours by around two and a half hours and allowing alcohol to be served under strictly controlled conditions would increase hospitality business turnover from £419m to £1.1bn, increasing the number of jobs supported from the current 28,300 to 60,800 and securing the viability of 1,816 businesses.
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire move to Level 3 – what does it mean for pubs and restaurants?
Updated: 15/12/2020, 2:51 pm
After the first minister confirms the two regions will face tighter restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of coronavirus, we look at what it means for hospitality businesses and their customers.
Pubs, restaurants and hotels in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire will have to stop selling alcohol indoors and outdoors and close at 6pm under new Level 3 restrictions announced today by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Moving from Level 2 to Level 3 (the second highest out of five levels numbered 0-4) means, from Friday, alcohol can no longer be sold at all in hospitality settings in the two regions, though takeaways for both alcohol and food will be allowed to continue.
Aberdeen will be subject to tier 3 restrictions from Friday SCOTLAND’S pubs and restaurant industry is “bitterly disappointed” after Nicola Sturgeon announced three more local authority areas will be hit with tier 3 restrictions from Friday. The First Minister confirmed to MSPs that Aberdeen, East Lothian and Aberdeenshire will move from tier 2 to tier 3 – while an extra review of the levels across Scotland has been ordered for next week. But the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) has criticised the move, claiming it will add to the economic strain facing the hospitality sector. Colin Wilkinson, SLTA managing director, said: “We are bitterly disappointed as we had remained hopeful that any relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions in relation to the licensed hospitality trade at this time would have given businesses a fighting chance to trade more viably in the last week before Christmas.
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