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Long-established hotelier Murray Lamont, who recently took over as president of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA), is campaigning to attract more young people into hospitality and combat the sector’s recruitment crisis.
As the global hospitality industry continues to suffer to one degree or another due to impacts from the ongoing pandemic, attempts continue to be made on regional levels to help out. One such new undertaking is currently happening in Scotland, where The BEN, Scotland’s hospitality and licensed trade charity, has partnered with Whisky Auctioneer for a special online whisky auction to raise funds.
This charity auction, which began December 23rd and runs through January 11th, has, according to those behind, a curated list of rare and exclusive whiskies that are being auctioned off “to raise funds for the people of the drinks industry in Scotland who have fallen on hard times due to Covid-19.” Over 25 such bottlings have been contributed by Scotland’s whisky ambassadors, and 100% of the proceeds from each charity lot (identified with The BEN logo during the auction) will go to the charity to help meet an overwhelming number of requests for financial aid.