Desperate housebreakers are targeting pubs across Scotland forcing business owners to board up their premises.
02.04.2020 - 12:43 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Pubs will go bust unless rent payments are waived during coronavirus lockdown, an MSP warned.
Labour’s Neil Bibby said some large pub-owning companies continue to charge commercial rent from tenants in "tied" agreements in Scotland.
Bibby has already been trying to change the law at Holyrood to make rents and leases fairer.
But with pubs shut down across the UK, he fears many will not open when the crisis eases.
Bibby said: "The government has instructed pubs to close, and tied pubs are not trading
Desperate housebreakers are targeting pubs across Scotland forcing business owners to board up their premises.
Scottish pubs and venues which are flouting the government's coronavirus guidance will now be closed by police.
Scots police chiefs have warned pubs they face being ‘dealt with appropriately’ if they continue to stay open after they were told to shut amid the coronavirus crisis.
People were advised not to go out unless they really need to last night, and to 'socially isolate' themselves - but you wouldn't have known it by the state of Britain's pubs.
Hospitality giant G1 Group have backtracked on their decision to axe hundreds of Scots workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.
All pubs, cafes and restaurants are being ordered to close tonight and not to reopen tomorrow in a ramping-up of the government’s coronavirus response.
All pubs, cafes, nightclubs, bars, restaurants, theatres, leisure centres and gyms across the UK have been told to close, as the Government ramps up its efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus.