One in three tourism businesses in Scotland fear they could close in the coming year, a new survey has shown. Tourism and hospitality businesses have been among the hardest hit across the economy during the pandemic, spending long periods closed or with limiting restrictions in effect. The figures, which were presented to Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes, by the Scottish Tourism Alliance( STA) on Tuesday, come as the Scottish Government announced ￡9 million of funding for the industry to counter t

Scotland is less than seven weeks away from a" Freedom Day", Nicola Sturgeon has insisted, after she unveiled plans to scrap all major Covid-19 restrictions, including social distancing, on Aug 9. The First Minister confirmed all of Scotland would finally move to Level 0 of her five-tier lockdown system on July 19 after a delay of three weeks amid concerns about a surge caused by the delta variant( formerly referred to as the Indian variant).On that date, assuming she announces no further delays