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RELAXATION OF RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SCOTLAND
Date of article: Mon 17 May 21
The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, confirmed further relaxation of restrictions across Scotland from Monday 17 May, with the exception of Moray Speyside and Glasgow which will ...
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Event Industry Advisory Group Update (May 2021)
Date of article: Fri 14 May 21
Scotland’s Event Industry Advisory Group has continued its dialogue with Scottish Government officials ahead of a return of events on May 17 when most of mainland Scotland will m ...
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Date of article: Wed 12 May 21
No evidence of boom in sight for Scottish tourism according to industry body Research published by the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA), the representative body for tourism busines ...
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Reopening of hospitality survey - please take 2 mins to complete!
Date of article: Tue 4 May 21
Calling all hotels, restaurants, bars and cafes! The Scottish Tourism Alliance is running a survey this week to get a clearer insight into how businesses are doing after reopening ...
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Relaxation of Restrictions Across Scotland
Date of article: Wed 12 May 21
Next steps out of lockdown The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has confirmed further relaxation of restrictions across Scotland from Monday 17 May, with the exception of Moray Sp ...
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Date of article: Thu 6 May 21
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th April, St Monans, Fife - Free to attend From Paisley to Perthshire, the Lothians to Dundee, this month’s Bowhouse Market Weekend offers the wide ...
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Wild Scotland Launches Responsible Tourism Photography Competition on Instagram
Date of article: Tue 4 May 21
#KeepScotlandWild It has never been more important to share responsible tourism messaging across family, friends, visitors and colleagues so that we can all do our bit to help kee ...
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Date of article: Thu 6 May 21
Scotland's enterprise and skills agencies are focussed on helping businesses operate after Brexit and maximise growth opportunities in international markets. Â The first port of ...
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The Farmer’s Son Black Pudding Given A Stamp of Approval At Scottish Retail Awards
Date of article: Tue 4 May 21
Auchtertool based Black Pudding and Haggis producer The Farmer’s Son has earned a prestigious award at the inaugural Scottish Retail Food and Drink Awards for their handcrafted B ...
Read moreCrail Food Festival to Return This Summer
Date of article: Tue 4 May 21
With an exciting new look, new interactive website and merchandise line, the volunteer led Crail Food Festival are delighted to announce that the much loved festival will go ahead ...
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Calling all Scotland's GMs to make the commitment now and sign up to the Hoteliers' Charter
Date of article: Fri 30 Apr 21
The Hoteliers’ Charter was drawn up in 2020 to raise the profile of the hospitality industry and promote hospitality as a profession of choice to parents, schools, colleges, univ ...
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NEW PIZZA TRUCK OPENING FOR BALGOVE LARDER
Date of article: Tue 27 Apr 21
St. Andrews farm shop Balgove Larder is to launch The Pizza Box - a mobile food truck that will serve up a menu of sourdough pizzas from a converted shipping container. Visitors w ...
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Re-opening Fife Hospitality Reactions
Date of article: Tue 27 Apr 21
Helen Lawrenson, Falkland Stewardship Trust "It has been a delight to see so many people spend time outdoors enjoying the natural environment over the last year. Falkland Estate ...
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Date of article: Mon 26 Apr 21
New service to enable faster contact tracing of COVID-19 cases A new digital service to support businesses in collecting contact details for contact tracing purposes, Check in Sco ...
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Date of article: Mon 26 Apr 21
How you prepare to reopen and continue to provide a safe environment for your customers and staff once open, is crucially important. There’s a lot to consider and VisitScotland ...
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Date of article: Fri 23 Apr 21
Today’s STERG agenda focused on the outstanding issues which have been raised by Sector organisations, Destinations and businesses. In addition, an update was provided on the Pha ...
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Cabinet Secretary letter offering clarity around physical distancing requirements within hospitality
Date of article: Fri 23 Apr 21
Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture has written to the hospitality bodies to clarify the Scottish Government’s guidance on physical distancing ...
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Toolkit to help your business reopen safely
Date of article: Fri 23 Apr 21
You can find all the latest support and advice for businesses in Scotland, including the latest workplace guidance at findbusinesssupport.gov.scot/coronavirus To support businesse ...
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Date of article: Wed 21 Apr 21
Helping visitors enjoy Scotland responsibly As we look to coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions being eased and tourism reopening, we’ve come together with organisations across S ...
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Guidance on collection of customer and visitor contact details
Date of article: Wed 21 Apr 21
The Scottish Government has updated guidance on the collection of customer data, in advance of reopenings, to request the collection of the name and contact details for every visi ...
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Clarity on physical distancing within hospitality premises
Date of article: Wed 21 Apr 21
The First Minister confirmed that there is no change to physical distancing within hospitality premises, stating at today's briefing; “Contrary to some suggestions that ...
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Further relaxation of restrictions across Scotland
Date of article: Tue 20 Apr 21
The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has confirmed that tourist accommodation and hospitality venues can begin to reopen as planned from Monday 26 April. Scotland will move into le ...
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Tourism and hospitality guidance 2021
Date of article: Mon 19 Apr 21
Get Tourism Ready The Scottish Government's proposed timetable for the easing of restrictions pinpoints 26 April as the date when the tourism sector can begin to reopen. As we ge ...
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Date of article: Fri 16 Apr 21
On Tuesday 13 April over 350 tourism professionals tuned in to VisitScotland's latest 'Get Tourism Ready' webinar to hear about consumer insights, marketing Scotland and industry s ...
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Covid 19: Local protection levels
Date of article: Wed 14 Apr 21
A reminder of Scotland's Strategic Framework Protection Levels and what you can and can't do. Mainland Scotland and some islands are at Level 4. Some islands are at Level 3. ...
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First Minister announces early easing of travel restrictions
Date of article: Wed 14 Apr 21
Scotland's First Minister has announced an early easing of travel restrictions on travel within and to Scotland from England and Wales at an unschedu ...
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Prep Starts Now campaign launched
Date of article: Fri 9 Apr 21
Prep Starts Now campaign launched to help hospitality businesses reopen, digitise and grow Stampede, the Scottish hospitality software startup, today announced the launch of its ...
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Date of article: Fri 9 Apr 21
What skills does your business need to engage with local food systems and sustainable food practices? Local food systems and sustainability have been identified as key trends that ...
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Date of article: Fri 9 Apr 21
Discussions today at the STERG meeting centred on the outstanding issues relating to the reopening roadmap which have been raised by sector organisations, destinations and business ...
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Date of article: Thu 8 Apr 21
As tourism businesses get ready to open their doors again later this month, we're starting to see increased traffic to our consumer website - welcometofife.com - as people start pl ...
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Date of article: Thu 8 Apr 21
The headlines The first batch of the Moderna vaccine has arrived in Scotland. Secondary school pupils will return to class full-time after the Easter holidays. On vaccine pa ...
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Date of article: Mon 5 Apr 21
From 26 April it's expected that the tourism and hospitality industry can begin to reopen. The Scottish Government is currently updating guidance and it's hoped this will be fina ...
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Get involved in Scotland Reconnect 2021 (27-29th April)
Date of article: Mon 5 Apr 21
Scotland Reconnect 2021, organised by VisitScotland, replaces VisitScotland Expo and is an event which exclusively promotes Scotland giving businesses a platform to promote their p ...
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Latest wave of industry research published
Date of article: Wed 31 Mar 21
Our friends at 53 Degree Insight have published their March survey findings confirming much of what we had understood to the current outlook for our tourism industry; not the mad ...
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Date of article: Wed 31 Mar 21
Today Scotland's First Minister announced the "stay at home" order in Scotland will be lifted as planned on Friday and replaced with "stay local" asking everyone to remain within t ...
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International Trade Pathway – Training with Fife Chamber of Commerce
Date of article: Tue 30 Mar 21
Rules of Origin/Trading with the EU 20th April 2021 09.00-13.00 Â The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement secured tariff-free trade for businesses trading between the UK and ...
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Invest Fife Business Barometer March 2021
Date of article: Tue 30 Mar 21
InvestFife would like to gauge the current position of your business, Â as we move through the Covid 19 pandemic stages and incrementally, towards Brexit. Â Over the past six mo ...
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Plans set out to reopen HES properties as COVID-19 restrictions ease
Date of article: Mon 29 Mar 21
Scotland’s historic sites get ready to lower their drawbridges once more following the Scottish Government's route map to lift restrictions across mainland Scotland Scotland’s ...
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Fife Golf Festival 2021 - Send Us Your Events Now!
Date of article: Mon 29 Mar 21
Message from Fife Golf Partnership: After what has been a massively tough year for businesses in Fife and beyond, 2021 is shaping up to be a year when we begin our journey back to ...
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New Director of UKHospitality Scotland
Date of article: Thu 25 Mar 21
UKHospitality has announced today that Leon Thompson has been appointed UKHospitality Scotland Executive Director. Leon succeeds current Executive Director, Willie Macleod,who ...
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