It is a regular occurrence for there to be news of a hotel or restaurant or café shutting down, yesterday it was The View in Aviemore.
According to the Strathspey & Badenoch Herald, the café has gone into liquidation with Begbies Traynor, taking over dealing with what remains.
Begbies Traynor, despite sounding like a lost shoe from Trainspotting, are a leading business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy.
The twelve employees were given one day’s notice and will have issues regarding pay, holiday pay, and pensions.
Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, the Punch Bowl Inn in Burton has been bought over by a community group, who have raised £298,000 towards purchasing and keeping it open.
It does seem quite possible to raise large amounts of money for Hospitality projects, from the private sector of from public monies via grants.
Some of these ventures do meet with success and reasonable longevity such as The Old School Hub and Café, not so far from here, at Eskdalemuir.
What was a primary school, which shut it’s doors to pupils in 2004, has now been open again and trading for over a decade and providing several great amenities to the 250 plus locals who stay in the valley, a shop, a café, a music venue and gallery. This is a charitable organisation.
With increasing costs, which are well documented, for many businesses in Scottish Hospitality, there will no doubt me many more companies shutting down, either with or without good notice, in the coming year.
Committees, who may have people on board, who come from a strong background in accessing private and public money, can be a viably different approach to what are often sole traders or limited companies in the private sector.
Good luck to the twelve employees who have lost their jobs a week shy of Christmas and hopefully they will not be long in finding their next paths in 2026.
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