Hospitality leaders have urged the Scottish government to change its Covid lockdown levels to stop businesses failing.The document, seen by the BBC, urges ministers to mirror the plans for England - extending opening times and naming dates.Five of Scotland's main hospitality trade bodies said if changes are implemented, 60,000 jobs in the sector could be saved.
On closing times, the last entry was 17:00 with venues were to close by 18:00. The industry would like to see two-hour time slots for indoor customers, with closing time at 22:30. Outdoors it wants a 23:30 close.Getty ImagesHe said: "What we're asking for is that all restrictions are removed at level zero and things return to normal.
"But we need to have some kind of framework there because at the moment we're completely running blind here - we have no idea when we'll be able to operate." Michael Grieve added: "The positive impact of adopting our proposed plan are huge for relatively minor tweaks."So, with vaccination being rolled out... we see no reason why in parallel indicative dates can't be put in place to give the industry some hope that we can reopen and that life can start to return to some kind of normal.
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