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Covid-19 Impact on Museums and Galleries Sector in Scotland
Date of article: Wed 15 Apr 20
From Scottish Tourism Alliance Current situation overview MGS announced details of and opened two new funds to support museums and galleries on 08/04/2020. An Urgent Respo ...
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Date of article: Wed 15 Apr 20
Tourism industry responds to Scottish Government announcement of further support for businesses The Scottish Government has today announced a package of around £220 million of fu ...
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Scottish Government Business Support Fund Update
Date of article: Wed 15 Apr 20
Fife Council are now processing claims for £10k and £25k business grants. If you know of a business who has not yet applied, they can have a look at this handy FAQs page https:/ ...
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Updated guidance on Coronavirus Employee Retention Scheme
Date of article: Wed 15 Apr 20
The Treasury has now published updated guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in response to many questions which have been feeding in to t ...
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Learn @ Home with HIT Scotland App
Date of article: Wed 15 Apr 20
As a charity for the hospitality industry in Scotland, HIT's aim is to encourage the development of anyone working or studying in the sector. The organisation has now updated ...
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Scottish Government: Additional Support for Business
Date of article: Wed 15 Apr 20
Second phase of funding to protect against the effects of COVID-19. Around £220 million of further grants are being made available for businesses - including the recently self-em ...
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Date of article: Wed 15 Apr 20
If you are seeking work, there are immediate job opportunities across the region in essential & sudden growth sectors including the NHS, supermarkets, home deliveries, take-aw ...
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New support for creative sector during COVID-19 outbreak
Date of article: Tue 14 Apr 20
Creative Scotland has launched three funding programmes designed to provide further support to sustain the country’s creative community during the COVID-19 outbreak: ...
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JOB FINDING SERVICE FOR TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY WORKERS
Date of article: Mon 13 Apr 20
A new free-to-use jobs portal to help workers from the tourism and hospitality sectors who have found themselves displaced as a result of the COVID-19 situation has been launched. ...
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Date of article: Mon 13 Apr 20
Bowhouse Link is an online Bowhouse Market place where you will find all your favourite and trusted Bowhouse traders. Bowhouse is a place for making, a hub of local food and drink ...
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Date of article: Fri 10 Apr 20
Following the lead of VisitScotland, we've produced an inspirational and emotional video to showcase our beautiful region, loved by so many. In the video we encourage people not to ...
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Coronavirus Information Hub: Scotland Food & Drink
Date of article: Fri 10 Apr 20
Over the last few weeks Scotland Food & Drink, alongside industry partners, government and individual businesses, has worked through a number of key priorities. They have dev ...
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COVID-19 – Guidance for Food Business Operators and Their Employees
Date of article: Fri 10 Apr 20
Vital guidance has been developed to supplement generic guidance for consumers and food businesses which has been published by Food Standards Scotland and on the Gov.uk website. To ...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Job Retention Scheme Webinars
Date of article: Fri 10 Apr 20
These webinars provides guidance on the Job Retention Scheme which will help support businesses and employers dealing with the economic impact of COVID-19 – including furloughed ...
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Hospitality Industry Government Support Update & Live Q&A
Date of article: Fri 10 Apr 20
Hospitality Industry Government Support Update & Live Q&A with UK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls Join UK Hospitality chief executive, Kate Nicholls for an updat ...
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Event Sector hit by COVID-19 call offs
Date of article: Thu 9 Apr 20
From VisitScotland: The events and festivals sector in Scotland continues to be hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic with hundreds of events having already been cancelled or postpone ...
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VisitScotland: Covid-19 Industry impact & Insights
Date of article: Thu 9 Apr 20
From VisitScotland: Whilst the situation around COVID-19 does seem like it will continue for some time and it’s had a hugely damaging effect on our tourism and events industry ...
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Summary note of the STA Council Meeting 8 April 2020
Date of article: Thu 9 Apr 20
Attendees Fergus Ewing MSP          Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism  STA Council Emma McQuillan – Caravan and Motorhome Club Ken Bramham – Scot ...
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HMRC Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Q & As
Date of article: Thu 9 Apr 20
HMRC has made a Q & A log available which may offer you more clarity around areas which you have questions on in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Click here ...
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Free of charge ecommerce technology launched to help hoteliers continue to trade during lockdown
Date of article: Wed 8 Apr 20
Cheshire-based software company, Hop Software, has developed a free-of-charge online shop to enable hotels across the UK to provide a click, collect and delivery food and drink se ...
Read moreOffer coronavirus (COVID-19) support from your business
Date of article: Wed 8 Apr 20
Use this service to tell us how your business might be able to help with the response to coronavirus. The support needed includes things like: medical testing equipment medica ...
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Award win for Fife distillery’s single malt
Date of article: Wed 8 Apr 20
Kingsbarns Distillery’s flagship single malt, Dream to Dram, has been announced as the ‘Best Scotch Lowlands Single Malt’ at the World Whiskies Awards 2020 The light and flo ...
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Claim back Statutory Sick Pay paid to employees due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
Date of article: Wed 8 Apr 20
The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will repay employers the current rate of SSP that they pay to current or former employees for periods of sickness starting on or ...
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The Drinks Trust COVID 19 Relief Fund
Date of article: Tue 7 Apr 20
The Drinks Trust COVID 19 Relief Fund is open to people who have lost their job and/or income as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic. Applicants will be subject to one of the follow ...
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Scottish Business Resilience Covid-19 Webinar
Date of article: Tue 7 Apr 20
Webinar: Scottish businesses in fight against impact of Covid-19 - Progress Update The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC), along with some of Scotland’s’ top business ...
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The Open in 2020 to be Cancelled - St Andrews Moved to 2022
Date of article: Mon 6 Apr 20
The R&A has decided to cancel The Open in 2020 due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. The Championship will next be played at Royal St George’s in 2021. The Open was due to b ...
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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Date of article: Mon 6 Apr 20
VisitScotland have sent a virtual hug to fans of Scotland, near and far, with a heart-warming film asking them to dream about visiting now, but to travel later. The short film has ...
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The impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the tourism industry
Date of article: Mon 6 Apr 20
During this unprecedented period, it's important that we keep an eye on what our competitors are doing, how the industry is reacting and the sentiment and behaviours of our target ...
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Date of article: Mon 6 Apr 20
Business Gateway have some great topical webinars coming up over the next couple of weeks: 07/04/20 - 3pm Covid-19 Accessing Finance with Norrie Cook https://www.bgateway.com/ev ...
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Date of article: Mon 6 Apr 20
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has put together a £50 million fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The UK-wide ...
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Business Gateway Online Tutorial - How to get your business through the current emergency
Date of article: Mon 6 Apr 20
How to get your business through the current emergency Businesses across the country are all adapting to new, unprecedented circumstances imposed by the COVID-19 epidemic. There i ...
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Museums Galleries Scotland is pleased to announce £700,000 of Scottish Government funding will be used to establish an Urgent Response Fund to support museums and galleries critic ...
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Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £20 million in innovation projects. The aim of this competition is to support UK businesses to focus on emer ...
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Coronavirus Business Support at a Glance
Date of article: Tue 24 Mar 20
During this difficult time, we have created a page with useful advice for tourism businesses affected by the coronavirus crisis. The information will be regulary updated here: Coro ...
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Take part in the second wave of VisitScotlandCovid-19 research | monitoring the effects
Date of article: Mon 23 Mar 20
VisitScotland conducted a pilot survey from 9 - 16 March to establish the effect of Coronavirus on the tourism industry where more than 2,20 ...
Read moreMonitoring the effect of Covid-19 on the Scottish Tourism Industry
Date of article: Fri 20 Mar 20
VisitScotland is closely monitoring the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it evolves and alongside our activities to provide advice and support during this difficult time, we are ...
Read moreVirtual & Local Business Support
Date of article: Fri 20 Mar 20
Business Gateway is being responsive and reactive to the needs and challenges Scottish businesses face due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). At https://www.bgateway.com/resources/cor ...
Read moreCoronavirus – an advisory webinar for employers
Date of article: Fri 20 Mar 20
ACAS Webinars for Employers | Employers can join a free ACAS webinar ‘Coronavirus – an advisory webinar for employers’ on 2 or 7 April. The webinar provides practical advic ...
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Coronavirus business continuity advice
Date of article: Fri 20 Mar 20
Scottish Enterprise have gathered together a list of websites that give useful information on business continuity for employers and businesses. Info at https://www.scottish-ent ...
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Fife Council Environmental Health Guidance on Changes to Food Businesses (Covid-19)
Date of article: Thu 19 Mar 20
Environmental Health is aware of the difficulties that food businesses are presented with during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact that this will be having on trade. It is under ...
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