Added: 18 Mar 2021
As part her announcement on 16th March, the First Minister confirmed that the last four-weekly Strategic Framework Business Fund (SFBF) Temporary Closures Grant payment of up to £3,000 will be paid on Monday 22 March.After this, one off re-start grants of up to [...]
Added: 18 Mar 2021
Yesterday (16th March), in a statement to the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, set out an indicative timetable for the re-opening of parts of the economy over the next two months. There were a number of points made that are [...]
Added: 03 Mar 2021
Today (3rd March), ASVA CEO, Gordon Morrison and the Board of Directors were pleased to host the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy & Tourism, Fergus Ewing, for a wide-ranging discussion about the current challenges being faced by businesses in and [...]
Added: 03 Mar 2021
Today (3rd March), the Chancellor the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, presented the 2021 UK Budget to Parliament. In his announcement, Mr Sunak set out a £65 billion three point plan to provide support for jobs and businesses as the UK looks to recover from the effects [...]
Added: 03 Mar 2021
Following the Supreme Court test case on a range of business Interruption insurance policies, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have today (3rd March) published [...]
Added: 26 Feb 2021
Today (26th February) VisitBritain has announced that tourism businesses in the UK registered to the ‘We’re Good To Go’ industry standard scheme can now automatically be issued with the international ‘Safe Travels’ stamp from the World Travel & [...]
Added: 25 Feb 2021
Yesterday (23rd Feb), in a statement to the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon presented details of the updated Strategic Framework for a return to ‘normal’ life, setting out initial priorities and providing an indicative timeframe for [...]
Added: 23 Feb 2021
Following the First Minister’s announcement of a review of the Strategic Framework for Recovery next week and with the industry still very heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, ASVA and the Moffat Centre are asking all Scottish attractions to complete a quick survey [...]
Added: 23 Feb 2021
The Scottish Visitor Attractions Support Fund will close for applications today, 19th February, at 5pm.The £10 million fund has been established to provide financial support to Scottish businesses in [...]
Added: 23 Feb 2021
Following the announcement of £1.1 billion of consequential funding from the UK Government, Scottish Government Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes, has confirmed the extension of 100% business rates relief for another year for retail, tourism and hospitality [...]
Added: 23 Feb 2021
Yesterday (16th Feb), in a statement to the Scottish Parliament the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced details of the review of current lockdown restrictions. During her statement she advised that the exit from the current lockdown is likely to be more [...]
Added: 23 Feb 2021
Our friends at the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) have shared with ASVA their latest wave of public sentiment research they commissioned with Steve Mills of Decision House. It follows similar sentiment tracker research conducted last [...]
