A GROUP representing businesses in the hospitality sector has said more than 85% of Scottish pubs have asked for government support to survive the coming months.
The (SLTA) Scottish Licensed Trade Association has published a survey exposing the “tide of unprecedented challenges” that the service sector is facing amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Soliciting the views of more than 600 bars, forming 10% of Scotland’s trade operators, the report revealed that 87% of respondents requested government aid to get through the winter months.
