Grants available to Monklands' closed hospitality businesses

road crash on the A9. The road is still closed in both directions at Kilmuir, between Tain and Invergordon.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The owner of one of the biggest Chinese restaurants in Renfrewshire has admitted he’s endured “sleepless nights” after vicious online attacks were made on his business.The Beijing Banquet in Renfrew has come under fire from former staff who have made a series of allegations about the giant buffet.In one attack, disgruntled ex-staffer Declan Bryson,19, made claims on the restaurant’s Facebook site.The

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser“Our staff are a key priority for us and play a major part in our businesses – for them it’s not just about losing their jobs, it’s about their families and the mental health that surrounds all this, and we need to protect them.”North Lanarkshire is currently in tier three of Scotland’s coronavirus restrictions, along with 18 other council areas across the central belt plus Dundee, meaning that no alcohol can be served at any

Nicola Sturgeon has promised to listen to the lockdown fears of businesses as she prepares to introduce a stricter set of covid restrictions across Scotland.The First Minister unveiled the five-tier plan of measures for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland at the daily Scottish government press conference.Responding to complaints from bars and restaurants that they face ruin in extended lockdown, Sturgeon said she would consult with opposition parties and businesses over the next

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Businesses in Lanarkshire may just have avoided closure as the area was only placed in tier four of the new Covid alert system.The area faced being put on the tightest restrictions and the move could have put local firms under, according to business chiefs.Andy Aird, Scotland national group chair of Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said: “Many small businesses across Lanarkshire were worried that they

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser“It also enabled us to build and replenish our stock collections so we were in a prime position to re-open all of our showrooms when it was safe to do so; we’ve since experienced an overwhelming demand from customers renovating their homes and gardens.”He added of the bank’s assistance: “At an incredibly uncertain and challenging time, Royal Bank of Scotland stepped in to set up the support we needed to keep going during the

Police have raced to an ongoing incident on an overpass of the M8 in Glasgow.Traffic Scotland say emergency services are at the scene.Sauchiehall Street is currently closed in both directions.The stated: “Overbridge at the M8 and Sauchiehall Street is closed due to a police incident."Drivers are being encouraged to find alternative routes where possible.Police say they are dealing with the ongoing incident and have advised a person has sadly passed away.

Edinburgh restaurant owner has shown how 'dead' his business has become in the current measures by filling tables with skeletons. Chris Doherty, owner of Hemingway's in Leith, responded to the latest lockdown restrictions in the tongue-in-cheek way after the First Minister extended the hospitality closures in the central belt.

First Minister said the advice to the Scottish Government was that it was not "safe" to lift the curbs.The Government recently implemented a series of temporary restrictions which are due to expire on Monday.Across the country, pubs and restaurants have only been able to open indoors between 6am and 6pm, but no alcohol is allowed to be sold.The hospitality curb is even greater in five health board areas where pubs and restaurants have been closed, apart from takeaways.With a new 5 "tier" system

road has been closed due to a crash tonight. Emergency services including Police Scotland raced to the scene at the M8 at junction three close to Livingston at around 6.20pm.

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coronavirus which concerned staff are blaming on ineffectual PPE.Nurses in Scotland, apart from those dealing with patients requiring aerosol- generating procedures such as ventilators, are only issued with surgical masks.They have been denied access to the higher grade FFP3 masks which properly protect the wearer.Now nurses at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley have voiced fears about their safety following the outbreak of the virus on ward 23 – an orthopaedic ward – and ward 27 – a

Andrew Hampp As a kid growing up in Scotland, 25-year-old indie-pop singer/songwriter Joesef got his first exposure to some of his favorite bands through playing Electronic Arts’ “FIFA” video games with his brothers: everyone from Bombay Bicycle Club to the Kooks to Kings of Leon, whose early series of sync placements in the mid to late aughts were one of the franchise’s first major marks on the music industry. “I have “Sex on Fire” ingrained in my brain through ‘FIFA,’” Joesef says.

blaze on a bus that was driving on a busy Scots road. Firefighters were called to the B921 outside of Kinglassie, Fife, to reports of the vehicle ablaze on the dual carriageway earlier today.

Kilmarnock’s Bank of Scotland branch has been closed temporarily due to the coronavirus.

A92 were left shocked when a car was spotted driving on the wrong side of the road last night.Shocking dash cam footage captured the orange vehicle driving in the wrong direction on the A92 between Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly at around 6.55pm.One driver said he was shocked at what he seen and quickly called the police to intervene.The man said he was frantically flashing his lights to warn other oncoming drivers.He said: "The police were called by myself and others were heard by the operator