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Scotland’s stalled tourism and hospitality industry has been given a provisional date for reopening of 15 July – finally, a glimmer of hope. The long awaited date is conditional on the Scottish Government’s route map for easing lockdown restrictions. All going to plan, phase three...

The death of George Floyd in America has resulted in a huge wave of grief and a fresh outcry for racial justice. Across the globe, people are protesting against institutional racism, calling for reformative change and shouting about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Now eleven weeks into lockdown, the isolation, school and venue closures and the ways we’ve had to adapt our behaviour have impacted our lives in ways we could never have imagined.

We proved we’re well and truly a fast food nation recently when drive-throughs started opening again for business.

Prior to lockdown, Debenhams was on a shaky nail.

Like myself, I imagine the vast majority of the Scottish public are getting a little square-eyed spending so much time indoors staring at a computer monitor, tablet or television screen. 

The government’s economic response to Coronavirus stepped up a notch last Monday as their Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme went live - allowing businesses across the UK to claim towards staff wages.

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are being felt far and wide. The outbreak and rapid spread of the virus has disrupted life as we know it and dramatically changed the way we live and work.

I have been an entrepreneur for longer than I care to remember, and I thought I’d seen it all.

Looking back through the years, I’ve often touched on the precarious situation our high street finds itself in through this column.