The hospitality sector felt it was subjected to a "vendetta" over coronavirus restrictions because it was an "easy target" for the Scottish Government, an industry representative has said.
Glasgow nightclub owner Donald MacCleod accused the Government of "insidious micromanagement" of the sector as the pandemic progressed.
He said: "I was fully supportive of the measures to start with, we were fully behind it - we didn't know what we were dealing with and what would happen.
