Scotland

Hospitality businesses in Scotland will have to re-introduce social distancing measures and collect contact details of customers under new guidance to stop the spread of the Omicron variant.

Some hospitality and late night businesses in Scotland are cutting staff hours and reducing supplier orders in a bid to stay afloat after people were advised to cancel Christmas parties, a trade body has said.

Hospitality trade bodies have warned that the Scottish government’s definition of ‘nightclub’ is too broad and could see pubs and bars impacted by vaccine passport rules.

The Glenburn hotel in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute has been put up for sale after being placed into administration in August.