Pubs in Scotland could remain closed until at least Christmas due to the coronavirus pandemic.Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said bars and boozers would be among the final business to re-open once lockdown measures have been lifted.
Speaking on Sunday, he refused to rule out the possibility that this could mean pubs are shut up until the winter in a "massive blow" to the trade, The Mirror reports.Scotland's pubs and restaurants were forced to close their doors during lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19.Dozens of owners have been forced to board up windows and doors of their empty businesses to prevent crooks from breaking in.However, experts have estimated the UK could have already endured the peak of the disease's "first wave"