This is the true legacy of politicians blindly listening to a lobby with no real evidence. Just feelings things aren't quite right & looking for a convenient scapegoat. They found one but they certainly didn't find a solution. They meddled and made things worse. #SaveSC

"Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house and rental prices" Short term lets are being scapegoated for the housing crisis- blanket banning them is merely smoke & mirrors to make it look like action is being taken SaveSelfCatering ASSC News theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A Skye business owner says Highland Council’s STL licensing process “almost feels like sabotage.” He’s not alone... Months of delay. Shifting requirements. No consistency. pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/680037… SaveSelfCatering Fiona Campbell The Highland Council

The hospitality industry is being #TaxedOut

A total & utter travesty in action by The City of Edinburgh Council. Good local operators are hounded out of biz when it's abundantly clear that the entire premise on which legislation was imposed by Scottish Government was a lie. This is the opposite of health & safety, nor natural justice. #SaveSC

“Small businesses cannot be treated as cash cows, they must be nurtured carefully. Their interests are our interests.” SaveSelfCatering Fiona Campbell Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) The Scottish B&B Association Scottish Land & Estates ST Alliance

➡️ Fiona Campbell MBE, CEO of ASSC: “We welcome the constructive discussions... This deeply regrettable situation should never have happened... I am delighted that our persistence has resulted in a meaningful resolution...” assc.co.uk/non-domestic-r… Fiona Campbell

SaveSelfCatering Fiona Campbell The Scottish B&B Association Scottish Agritourism Scottish Land & Estates ST Alliance

‘Empty homes are a wasted resource,’ says councillor in call for action plan ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/empty-hom…

The Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers’ (ASSC) - whose members demonstrated outside the council headquarters recently - has also called for empty properties to be reinstated as part of its Stop Scapegoating Self-Caterers Campaign and hit back at claims that housing shortages

A great example of the Scottish Government working with the sector to fix a problem damaging our visitor economy. Ivan McKee MSP 👏👏 We need the same spirit to improve the complex visitor levy, botched STL licensing and imprecise Use Class definitions. Màiri McAllan

Headline figures mask 'fragile reality' of Scottish tourism heraldscotland.com/news/25314008.…

"The tourism sector does not lack energy, ambition or ideas. It has demonstrated extraordinary resilience in the face of unprecedented disruption and remains one of Scotland’s most valuable assets, economically, socially and culturally. But it cannot, and should not, be left to

Disabled people could end up paying VAT on Edinburgh Visitor Levy despite being exempt from the new tourist tax: edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/disabled-… SaveSelfCatering Fiona Campbell

The number of small businesses expecting to shrink, close or sell up outstrips the number expecting to grow in Scotland for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed: scottishfinancialnews.com/articles/fsb-g…

🚨 Still fighting unlawful overreach – even in 2025. Edinburgh operators are being asked to provide an “Annual Emergency Lighting Certificate” for STL licence renewals - a condition that has no legal basis under current legislation. ✅ Confirmed as unlawful in the 2023 judicial

The ASSC has written to the Scottish Government and Assessors seeking urgent clarification on the interim steps operators should take following the Government’s promise to reform the current Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) system. 🛑 Key message: Recent announcements do not change the

Edinburgh tourist tax: New plea from accommodation providers over applying Visitor Levy to bookings The 5 percent charge on overnight accommodation comes into force from July 24 next year, but accommodation providers are required to apply the levy to any bookings made for that

Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers Welcomes Scottish Government Moves to Amend Rate Regulations The Scottish Government will amend regulations to address the classification of self-catering holiday accommodation for the 2023–24 financial year. The move has been welcomed by