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Fears Highlands are heading for spate of winter redundancies Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent © Rex/Shutterstock The Coylumbridge hotel in Aviemore made headlines in March when it sacked all its staff, making them homeless from tied accommodation. The Highlands are heading for further winter redundancies as local tourism businesses shed jobs during the latest wave of coronavirus, compounding the hollowing out of the essential migrant workforce caused by Brexit, campaigners have warned. Unions are reporting an increase in people being sacked rather than furloughed, with m...

It came as ministers announced a £104.3 million package of support for tourism and hospitality businesses. Mainland Scotland will be put under level-4 restrictions from Boxing Day for at least three weeks after the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus, with restaurants, pubs and non-essential shops forced to close. The latest funding, which includes £19.2m in one-off grants for hospitality businesses, is part of the short-term response and follows lengthy discussions with industry to target support. But trade unions have warned that any aid should be conditional on the treatment of ...