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Updated Assets for Retail, Hospitality and Tourism
Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20
For bars and restaurants opening up, The Scottish Government have created a poster which we have uploaded to gov.scot: A3 version here and A4 version here There are addition ...
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EAST NEUK PREPARES TO RE-OPEN TO VISITORS - SAFELY
Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20
Visit East Neuk (VEN), the local tourism association which promotes one of Scotland’s most popular destinations – the East Neuk of Fife - is seeking to reassure local residents ...
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Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20
In order to give confidence to your visitors, VisitScotland have worked with VisitEngland, Visit Wales and Tourism Northern Ireland to create a UK-wide industry standard and consum ...
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Fife flavour to BBC cookery programme
Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20
Fife will be the focus for this week’s episode of The Great Food Guys on the BBC Scotland channel. The series sees Nick Nairn and Dougie Vipond celebrate the fantastic range of ...
Read moreVIRTUAL MASTERCLASS A SWEET TREAT FOR PATISSERIE STUDENTS
Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20
HNC Patisserie students from Fife College took part in a special virtual masterclass by award winning chocolatier Shona Sutherland. Acclaimed chocolatier Shona demonstrated how ...
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Historic Environment Scotland reveals re-opening plans
Date of article: Mon 13 Jul 20
As Scotland’s biggest operator of visitor attractions, with over 300 properties in its care, HES is adopting a phased approach to reopen 70% of its free to access and ticketed pr ...
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Businesses across Scotland can now sign up to the #EatOutToHelpOut scheme
Date of article: Mon 13 Jul 20
Register your establishment for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme. You can use the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme to offer a discount to diners and encourage them to eat at your restaura ...
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Scottish Government Announce New £38m Support Package for For Innovative Early Stage Businesses
Date of article: Fri 10 Jul 20
A comprehensive package of support for innovative early stage businesses whose routes to investment and growth have been impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) has been announced by Ec ...
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New Scottish Government Assets for Retail, Hospitality and Tourism
Date of article: Fri 10 Jul 20
The Scottish Government have released new assets for retail, hospitality and tourism sectors. A poster for bars and restarurants opening up has been uploaded: A3 version here ...
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Condensed Creative Launch Poster Art Shop to Promote Tourism Industry
Date of article: Fri 10 Jul 20
Dunfermline based design and branding agency, Condensed Creative, is excited to announce the launch of Poster Creative, an online shop selling original, high quality poster art cel ...
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Date of article: Fri 10 Jul 20
Great news for visitors as public toilets start opening from Friday 10 July, Public toilets were temporarily closed in line with Scottish Government Covid 19 guidance. Before re ...
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ONFife Libraries are coming back!
Date of article: Thu 9 Jul 20
Not that we've been gone during lockdown - we've been busy providing great content online and keeping in touch with customers - but we're now delighted to be on the way towards get ...
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New licensing hotline launches to support Scotland’s tourism businesses in run up to reopen date
Date of article: Thu 9 Jul 20
The Scottish Tourism Alliance, the representative body for Scotland’s tourism businesses, has partnered UK law firm TLT to provide a new, free support line for its members as Sco ...
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Date of article: Thu 9 Jul 20
From Scottish Tourism Alliance: We’re watching all the latest reports of businesses with outdoor catering facilities opening this week and loving seeing these images of people b ...
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QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS ANNOUNCEMENT
Date of article: Wed 8 Jul 20
This afternoon, Wednesday 8 July, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced updated guidelines on international travel and quarantine requirements for travel to and from Scotl ...
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VAT reduction for tourism and hospitality sectors
Date of article: Wed 8 Jul 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announcement that VAT in the hospitality and tourism sectors on food, accommodation and attractions will be cut from 20% to 5% as part of the Governmentâ ...
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A country full of Little Adventures
Date of article: Wed 8 Jul 20
Via VisitScotland.org With home schooling now officially over and restrictions starting to ease, we’ve been looking at how we inspire that important family market when the rema ...
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Date of article: Tue 7 Jul 20
The Scottish Government would like to request that retailers take steps to discourage people from smoking or vaping whilst waiting in queues to enter premises. Â This request ...
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Date of article: Tue 7 Jul 20
What if the greatest Champions in golf could compete at St Andrews once again? From Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July, this concept will be brought to life through ‘The Open For The ...
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Scottish Government Publish Events Guidance
Date of article: Fri 3 Jul 20
The Scottish Government has published guidance for event organisers (available here), allowing them to begin the process of planning for the return of events to Scotland. All even ...
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Date of article: Fri 3 Jul 20
As COVID-19 restrictions are further eased, and Scottish tourism prepares to reopen on the 15 July, VisitScotland have created a new visitor charter on how to enjoy Scotland over ...
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Further Phase 2 Changes Announced
Date of article: Thu 2 Jul 20
The First Minister confirmed further Phase 2 changes announced last week could be implemented over the weekend. Self-contained accommodation will reopen from tomorrow (3 July) wit ...
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Date of article: Thu 2 Jul 20
With a provisional date for the opening of tourism of Wednesday 15 July in place, last week (week beginning 22 June) VisitScotland launched #HameTownTourist. It’s an integrated ...
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Hospitality Lockdown Hero Awards
Date of article: Thu 2 Jul 20
The UK's hospitality industry took a devastating blow in March when Covid-19 struck and businesses had to close their doors and prepare for the uncertainty of lockdown. Some busine ...
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WorldHost 2020 - Keeping customers safe beyond Covid-19
Date of article: Thu 2 Jul 20
Empower your staff to keep customers and colleagues safe beyond Covid-19 & drive positive behaviours in a rapidly changing customer facing environment with our WorldHost 2020 e ...
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Date of article: Thu 2 Jul 20
Via VisitScotland.org Preparing to reopen | top tips Planning and researching will become an important part of the holiday experience and we must ensure visitors ‘know before t ...
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Scottish Government publishes blueprint for economic recovery
Date of article: Thu 2 Jul 20
A UK-wide £80 billion stimulus package should be created to regenerate the economy and reduce inequalities following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a new Scottish Government ...
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New Online Escape Room Launched in Dunfermline
Date of article: Tue 30 Jun 20
Want to escape from the next lockdown quiz? Try this Scottish online escape room! An escape room business in Dunfermline has found a way to continue offering escape rooms througho ...
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Publication: Guidance on opening of public and customer toilets.
Date of article: Mon 29 Jun 20
The opening of public toilets carries with it a risk of transmission of COVID-19 given the low levels of natural light, lack of ventilation, many surfaces to touch and the purpose ...
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Who's Open for Business in Fife?
Date of article: Mon 29 Jun 20
As businesses start to re-open, we thought it would be useful to gather a list of attractions and Food & Drink businesses who are open/opening. This will sit on our consumer si ...
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Fife Marketing Opportunities & Web Listings
Date of article: Mon 29 Jun 20
As we move towards our new normal and businesses start to re-open, we've pulled together a handy 'Marketing Opportunities' guide to highlight some areas where we can support market ...
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St Andrews Prepares to Safely Welcome Tourists
Date of article: Mon 29 Jun 20
A trailblazing initiative has been launched in St Andrews to safely welcome tourists back to the popular coastal town. Over 300 local businesses and organisations have come togeth ...
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A simple way to signify that you are not able to wear a face mask
Date of article: Fri 26 Jun 20
Via Euan's Guide  If you are worried about going out without wearing a face covering and want an easy way to show people you pass that you are exempt, then please order one o ...
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Levenmouth Together - New Business Research
Date of article: Fri 26 Jun 20
Levenmouth Together is currently run by the charity Brag Enterprises but our hope is that this will become a Development Trust and be run locally. We want to hand over ...
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St Andrews Prepares to Safely Welcome Tourists
Date of article: Fri 26 Jun 20
A trailblazing initiative has been launched in St Andrews to safely welcome tourists back to the popular coastal town. Over 300 local businesses and organisations have come togeth ...
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CPNI: Staying secure during COVID-19
Date of article: Fri 26 Jun 20
Via https://www.cpni.gov.uk/staying-secure-during-covid-19-0 The conditions resulting from the pandemic may mean there are greater risks to the security of your organisation. CPN ...
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Covid 19 Cleaning Protocols Training
Date of article: Thu 25 Jun 20
"A no-nonsense, easy-to-follow course created for property owners, managers and their cleaners looking to ensure their properties operate safely when they open." These protocols h ...
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NEW MARKETING STRATEGY TO HELP RESTART TOURISM
Date of article: Thu 25 Jun 20
Via VisitScotland Steps for recovery We've launched our new marketing strategy focused on helping rebuild tourism as businesses prepare for a possible opening date on 15 July. T ...
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Date of article: Thu 25 Jun 20
Via https://www.visitscotland.org/news/2020/launch-of-were-good-to-go We've worked with Tourism Northern Ireland, VisitEngland and VisitWales to develop a new UK-wide industry s ...
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SELF-CATERING REOPENING PLANS ANNOUNCED
Date of article: Thu 25 Jun 20
The Scottish Government announced this afternoon that self-catering (without shared facilities) can plan for potential reopening on Friday 3 July. This follows the announcemen ...
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