Scottish Tourism Alliance responds to Chancellor’s announcement on extension of Job Retention Scheme

Statement below from Marc Crothall, CEO Scottish Tourism Alliance:

Marc Crothall, Chief Executive of the STA said;

“The Chancellor’s announcement of the extension of the current Job Retention Scheme until the end of October will offer comfort to many within the tourism industry and is very much welcomed. The STA has worked tirelessly to communicate the necessity for flexibility in the scheme through our daily conversations with the Scottish and UK governments.

As always, the devil will be in the detail. Given the dependence of Scotland’s tourism industry in terms of seasonality; assurance will not be felt by all. There are a great many businesses that will not survive beyond October as it will simply not be viable for them to start trading again until the Spring. Sadly, the extension to furlough alone will not be sufficient to stop many businesses from making redundancies, however, we look forward to learning more detail over the coming weeks.”