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The survey took the views of more than 600 pubs and bars

More than eight in 10 Scots bars ask for government help to survive the winter
A GROUP representing businesses in the hospitality sector has said more than 85 per cent of Scottish pubs have asked for government support to survive the coming months.

Prime Minister Liz Truss did not know where a key fracking site in the UK was located

Liz Truss can't even say WHERE key UK fracking site is in car crash interview

Hull 801, or the MV Glen Sannox (pictured) is expected to be delivered to its new deadline but its sister vessell Hull 802 has been delayed further

One CalMac ferry delayed again as yard estimates final cost to taxpayer

Lychee Oriental, on Glasgow's Mitchell Street

The seven Scottish businesses fined, named and shamed for unpaid tax

A welder working on one of the modified cars at Allied Vehicles on Balmore Road

Family firm spend £1 million to help workforce cope with cost-of-living

Café Cùil's energy costs are set to skyrocket in 2023

special report 'I don't know if we'll reopen next year': Top Skye restaurant faces energy challenge

Mike Ashley will lend Frasers Group £100m as he leaves the company board

Mike Ashley to quit Frasers Group with £100m loan as parting gift

Reports from NS&I customers that they had been being locked out of their savings continued for several weeks

comment Shona Craven: NS&I woes highlight the decline in customer service since pandemic

It has been reported that the five largest energy companies are discouraging customers from signing up to their service

UK's largest energy suppliers blocking new customers from signing up

The helicopter reportedly collided with an electricity pylon during a search for minerals

Helicopter collides with electricity pylon leaving 1000 homes without power

Venture West operates out of Crinan in Argyll

special report 'The boats are fuller but profits not up': Scottish seafari tours amid the energy crisis

Seventh Heaven, Diamond Dolls and Platinum Lace were granted three-year sexual entertainment venue (SEVs) licences by the city council

Glasgow strip clubs to stay open as licences handed out for first time

Secondary school teachers have rejected a 5% pay offer

Secondary teachers reject pay offer as 70 per cent back strike action

Reports of NS&I customers being locked out of their accounts have persisted for several weeks

Customers of state-owned bank blocked from savings for WEEKS over log-in issues

Arbikie Distillery co-founding brothers John Stirling and Iain Stirling with Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands Mairi Gougeon

COMMENT Scotland’s food and drink savours success in the face of new challenges

The STUC’s Roz Foyer on the picket line with striking RMT workers outside Glasgow Central station last month

comment Here is the difference between the Scottish and UK Governments on workers' rights

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch outside Kings Cross station, London

SPECIAL REPORT Were trade unions right to halt strikes and events after the Queen's death?

People take part in the Scotland Demands a Pay Rise march and rally organised by the STUC in Edinburgh yesterday

Trade unionists call off annual conference following death of monarch

Royal Mail workers were due to strike on Friday

Royal Mail strikes cancelled in wake of Queen's death

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT, on the picket line outside London Euston train station

RMT and TSSA suspend train strikes in wake of Queen Elizabeth's death

Doctors are 'exhausted, depleted, and struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel', says Dr Lailah Peel

Junior doctors are ‘exhausted, depleted and struggling’, senior doctor warns

The roadmap sets out the steps needed to improve the sustainability of Scottish space missions

Scottish space sector publishes 'first of its kind' roadmap

Co-founder of Young Spirits Alex Harrison

EXCLUSIVE Scots spirit firm sees explosive growth and sell-out whisky runs

Cleansing workers have returned to work as the first wave of strike action comes to an end

Waste services resume across Scotland as first wave of strike action ends

Brewdog is closing six of its bars amid skyrocketing energy costs

Updated BrewDog shuts six bars due to 'unviable' energy costs

First direct China-Scotland cargo service

EXCLUSIVE New Scotland-China trade link starts with 1 million bottles of whisky

Iain Baxter will start his new role on October 31

Former whisky executive takes CEO position at Scotland Food & Drink

A clean-up operation is underway in the capital following the resumption of cleansing and waste services

Major clean-up operation begins in Edinburgh after bin workers' strike action

Unite members for US oil and gas giant Baker Hughes

Scottish workers for US oil and gas giant Baker Hughes begin strike action

Monday is the last full day of the current bin strike in Edinburgh

Bin strike talks enter fifth day with hopes of new pay offer

The Allseas Pioneer arrived in Greenock on Saturday

'A game changer': First direct container shipping service launches between Scotland and China

Rubbish continues to pile high across Edinburgh amid waste worker strikes

Councils warned 'decontamination' may be needed after waste worker strikes end

(Left to right) Brownings director Matthew Short, Kilmarnock MP Alan Brown, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford and Ian McGhee, president of Scottish Bakers

revealed 'If we can't afford tattie scones, we're in a bad place': Bakers' fears over soaring prices

Unite has warned student appeals will be

Exam appeals to be 'severely delayed' as SQA members vote to take strike action

Litter is piling up all across Edinburgh

Council workers pay dispute could go on 'beyond the winter,' warns union

Over the next 25 years, Scotland could produce five times our own electricity requirements from offshore wind alone

comment Scotland's green energy sector must not repeat the mistakes of North Sea oil

The cleansing workers strike has already resulted in rubbish piling up on the streets in Edinburgh

Two more councils set for cleansing worker strike action after Edinburgh bin row

Jon Sopel (left) hit out at the BBC's coverage of Brexit

BBC 'ducked' reporting on Brexit impacts in full, says former editor

Trade union Unison balloted members at education institutions across Scotland

Staff at Scottish universities vote for strike action after 'years of poverty pay'

Unite have pledged to extend their focus on wider social issues and not just industrial relations

WATCH 'We can't wait for Westminster': Plans revealed to build political power in communities

File photo of a stack of newspapers.

Plans for strike at The Scotsman and other titles are withdrawn

Unite has warned that

Warning that 'waste will pile up' in Edinburgh as cleansing workers strike

Staff at Prestwick Airport have secured an improved pay deal

Staff at Prestwick Airport secure improved pay deal following dispute

Strike action is set to take place on Thursday and Saturday

Rail disruption expected as two days of strike action get under way

Strike action in Edinburgh begins on Thursday

Edinburgh cleansing workers begin strike action over pay dispute

Ofgem decided to change the way it calculates the energy price cap

Ofgem director quits saying UK energy regulator 'put companies before consumers'

All ranks across the force will receive a 5% pay rise

Police across Scotland agree to pay rise following initial 'derisory' offer

Bins overflowing in Glasgow last year when cleansing workers went on strike/Getty Images

Scotland to be hit with waves of strikes as unions reject 'paltry' pay offer

The new Ferguson shipyard boss is confident of a brighter future following issues with the CalMac fleet

New Ferguson shipyard boss hopeful of brighter future following ferry issues

Staff at the University of Dundee are set to strike in a dispute over pensions

University of Dundee staff set to strike over pension dispute

Staff at the University of Dundee are set to strike in a dispute over pensions

University of Dundee staff set to strike over pension dispute

Royal Mail strikes are set to take place in August and September

Union warns deliveries and collections will be 'shut down' during strike action

Workers have walked out in a dispute over pay as the cost of living crisis worsens

UPDATED Workers at Grangemouth oil refinery block access road in dispute over pay

Unite said the workers 'deserve better'

Glasgow coffin makers to strike in pay dispute as Unite say they 'deserve better'