Nicola Sturgeon lockdown update: Business leaders welcome FM s plan
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Diversification has long been a watchword for Scottish agriculture, and a move to accommodation and tourism has enabled many farm businesses to strengthen their economic resilience as gate prices fluctuate.
For those who have made this leap, the pandemic has wrought a huge decline in tourism revenues and recent news that the public was being discouraged from booking an Easter getaway was a further knock for an already hard-pressed sector.
In recent months, there has been deep concern that further regulatory and financial burdens would be added on to what these businesses are already coping with as a result of a proposed new licensing regime for short-term lets.