is probablyjust the sensible thing to do? is probably ust the sensible thing to do? ., ., .., ., , to do? the whole of the economy o-ened to do? the whole of the economy opened up to do? the whole of the economy opened up in to do? the whole of the economy opened up in scotland to do? the whole of the economy opened up in scotland on - to do? the whole of the economy opened up in scotland on the i to do? the whole of the economy opened up in scotland on the 9th| to do? the whole of the economy i opened up in scotland on the 9th of august, so we ve had all sorts of industry sectors open. scottish schools have been two weeks now and our question is, is this going to reduce the infection rates by targeting this specific sector, or is this a move to persuade the younger generation to get vaccinated and achieve health executives objectives, but it is putting at risk at survival an already beleaguered industry. than risk at survival an already beleaguered industry. an already belea
my view it should be expressly authorised by parliament. let s get some reaction to this from colin wilkinson from the scottish licensed trade association, and he s in edinburgh. good morning, mr wilkinson. good morning, mrwilkinson. first, hearing those words, what is your reaction to the news? titer? reaction to the news? very concerning reaction to the news? very concerning indeed, - reaction to the news? very concerning indeed, the i reaction to the news? - concerning indeed, the announcement yesterday by the scottish government to roll out covid passports for nightclubs and large event settings which is very concerning for us and is a threat hanging over the whole of the industry. it s not been ruled out through the complete sector but is under review and we fear that this could lead to pubs, bars and hotels also having to adopt a covid status of equivocation system. looking at the numbers, case levels in scotland are 80% higher than a week ago, five times higher than four weeks
are reporting that bin collections won t be going ahead as planned because of a lack of drivers. ben s in stafford to tell us more. good morning to you, ben. good morninu. good morning to you, ben. good morning- we good morning to you, ben. good morning. we are good morning to you, ben. good morning. we are talking - good morning to you, ben. (emf. morning. we are talking about one of those industries we may take for granted, the people who drive these things, the bin trucks. unlike other industries, there is a shortage of drivers. let me explain where we are, we are in stafford this morning and this place has got 25 trucks. but here they dealjust with the recycling. they serve 60,000 properties right around the stafford area. they ve got a fortnightly collection, but like other industries, they re facing a shortage of drivers. they ve got 150 vacancies across the group here at violia, and they say it is difficult to find the drivers to pick up the rubbish and get it sorted. acro
one of the safer places already to visit, so we really need to see the evidence that is telling us that we have to do this. you evidence that is telling us that we have to do this. evidence that is telling us that we have to do this. you mentioned the deserate have to do this. you mentioned the desperate state have to do this. you mentioned the desperate state the have to do this. you mentioned the desperate state the industry i have to do this. you mentioned the desperate state the industry is i have to do this. you mentioned the desperate state the industry is in i desperate state the industry is in at the moment. how bad are things? very bad indeed. we keep hearing the term the perfect storm and we are right in the middle of it at the moment and we have had over the last 18 months and we have problems with supplies getting through and staff problems as well and you really could not write this and the industry is struggling with its recovery in the last thing we need is another
industry, it will be very difficult for us to continue on our road to recovery. if for us to continue on our road to recovery- for us to continue on our road to recove . , ., , ., recovery. if people feel safer and safer going recovery. if people feel safer and safer going into recovery. if people feel safer and safer going into nightclubs, i recovery. if people feel safer and safer going into nightclubs, isn t| safer going into nightclubs, isn t that good for business? yes. safer going into nightclubs, isn t that good for business? yes, but we have the problem that good for business? yes, but we have the problem of that good for business? yes, but we have the problem of the that good for business? yes, but we have the problem of the covid i have the problem of the covid passport in that around a third of 18 up to 29 year olds in scotland still don t have the double vaccination so we could potentially lose about a third of our customer base or more and that would be just as d