Dumfries’ Moat Brae has closed its loss-making commercial arm in response to a 70 per cent drop in visitors last year.
The centre is now on an enforced public lockdown until March and has axed its bistro, causing a small number of job losses.
However, centre director Dr Simon Davidson said Scotland’s Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling has a bright future post-pandemic and will be at “the front and centre” of the country’s Year of Stories 2022 when it reopens in the spring.
