Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

The government will top-up the wages of employees kept in roles on reduced hours in a bid to ward off redundancies through the winter months.

Leaders from the night time economy sector have said they are “an industry in exile” having been excluded from the latest raft of government support, and have warned that growing anger among operators will give rise to backlash.

The Scottish government has committed to two new funding packages worth £15m to support the tourism sector as it continues to feel the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

Around one in three furloughed hospitality workers’ jobs could be at risk, according to accountancy firm PwC.