Cat Macdonald-Home

@murdo_fraser Not just pubs but also hotels and wedding and events venues!

From April, many pubs will be hit with huge increases in business rates, with average hikes of 86%. The Government must act. Join our campaign to save Scottish pubs👇 scottishconservatives.com/news/save-our-…

A bad week to be a celebrity with an alliterative name. Ozzy Osborne, Hulk Hogan RIP. Sharon Stone, Keira Knightly and Steven Spielberg should be careful crossing the road

I have been loving splashing in our local river but I’m always mindful of water quality. This doesn’t reassure me - even though I’m in Scotland theguardian.com/environment/20…

Someone share this with the civil servants and policy makers please. @ASSCnews @VisitScotland #SaveSC

Does being excited because my sweet peas are about to bloom make me an old person? Maybe don’t answer that…

Pulp in Glasgow. Everything I hoped they would be and more #pulp #more

Anyone who likes @TheAvalanches should give Loaded Honey a listen. I may have found the soundtrack to my summer

No, it's not April 1st. The SNP really are going to ban birthday cakes in nurseries. 🙈 What a joyless place they have turned Scotland into.

Common sense in Ireland as their draconian Short-Term Let plans have been shelved, with Cllr Brendan Cronin calling them a ‘witch hunt’. Will @scotgov wake up and recognise that their #STL regulations are achieving nothing, whilst destroying livelihoods and damaging tourism?

Masterly overview from ⁦@CitySamuel⁩. One worry not mentioned is that £22bn for NHS will be spent in private sector (courtesy of Alan Milburn influence) reducing waiting lists and in 2 years we’ll be back to square one with little new equipment or better use of staff time

@Edinburgh_CC We are turning away visitors to Edinburgh because we can’t open our calendar for next year because of the uncertainty. Many will go to other cities. Not helpful for businesses and cultural attractions in Edinburgh!

Since we introduced a licensing scheme for short-term lets, we've received over 4,500 applications. How are you finding it as a resident or a business? Tell us at edinburgh.gov.uk/stl2024

New tenant moves into a house and changes location of picture to somewhere else in same property. The end. It’s not really a big story, is it

Banning smoking outside pubs smacks of tinkering around the edges when you can’t do much about the big issues

@TPExpressTrains Thank you. It’s disappointing as we had planned festival shows around having the later train services in place

@MacdonaldHome Hi Cat, we can confirm that these services are not running. We have asked for our team to clarify the reason for this timetabling and we should have a response soon.^JM

Happy Friday everyone! Who’s ready for the weekend? 🥳 Got any plans? If not, take a look at whats happening on our network… We have major engineering work taking place both days this weekend Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August, so please check before you travel and allow extra time for your journey where possible. Journeycheck.com/tpexpress/ Saturday 10 August 🍻 Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Edinburgh 🏳️‍🌈Darlington Pride 2024 – Darlington 🏳️‍🌈Doncaster Pride 2024 - Doncaster 🎨Beyond Van Gogh – The Immersive Experience – SEC, Glasgow Sports Fixtures ⚽️@HullCity Vs @BCFC – MKM Stadium, Hull, 12:30 ⚽️@LUFC Vs @Pompey – Elland Road, Leeds, 12:30 ⚽️@Boro Vs @SwansOfficial – Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, 12:30 Sunday 11 August 🍻Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Edinburgh 👨‍🎤Arijit Singh – Co-op Live, Manchester 🎨Beyond Van Gogh – The Immersive Experience – SEC, Glasgow Sports Fixtures ⚽️@SWFC Vs @Argyle – Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, 16:00 For more information on the engineering taking place this weekend, Please visit tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates… We hope you enjoy your weekend! 🤘

But ⁦@Edinburgh_CC⁩ claims these are normal residential streets that should be used for dwellings but not holiday lets. The reality is that the High Street is a circus that’s fun for a short stay but a nightmare to live on ⁦@SaveSCScotland⁩ #savescscotland

Great to know @Edinburgh_CC supports offshore property magnets whilst axing local self catering. Clearly the right thing to do. Just don't mention affordable housing crisis! #SaveSC Former Edinburgh department store to be transformed into luxury hotel scotsman.com/business/forme…

Love that @DUALIPA is wearing a Shakespeare’s Sister t-shirt. Blast from the past for us old people #Glastonbury #DuaLipa

@FionaCampbell74 @Ivan_McKee @ScotParl @BurnessPaullLLP Hoping sense will prevail!

An extremely technical meeting regarding the overly complex conflation of #STL planning and licensing regimes, with Minister for Finance, @Ivan_McKee today in @ScotParl. Armed with further legal opinion from @BurnessPaullLLP, now time to draw a line under unlawful policies.

@ClareEdinburgh @rock_shamrock @ashlea_magic @xerxes5th @JonnyHunte70640 @marramgrass252 @ASSCnews @ELCouncil @SaveSCScotland I work in weddings. We see many hard working hair and make up artists. They all bring wheely bags. They are usually at our venue by 8.30am, often having travelled for several hours. Based on experience they often drag bags up and down stairs. Is this less noisy than a tourist?

@rock_shamrock @ashlea_magic @xerxes5th @JonnyHunte70640 @marramgrass252 @ASSCnews @ELCouncil @SaveSCScotland "Might, may, could." Asumption, after assumption based on bias narratives, untuthful data & fear mongering. STL visitors, as we all know, are you and me: visiting family & friends, moving jobs, responding to major life events & education, festivals & God forbid, tourism.

Flat owner loses holiday let appeal to Scottish Ministers eastlothiancourier.com/news/24387849.…