Association Of Scotland’s Self-Caterers

Scotland’s tourism industry faces destruction unless ministers listen to businesses and pause the introduction of a “catastrophic” new short-term lets (STL) licensing system, the First Minister has been warned.

The City of Edinburgh Council's licensing scheme for short-term lets operators has been deemed unlawful at the Court of Session.

The Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) has urged the SNP leadership candidates to reconsider the Scottish Government’s short-term let licensing scheme if they become First Minister. The ASSC, which represents over 1,700 members who operate businesses across Scotland, has writ

Existing short-term let hosts and operators will have more time to apply for a licence after the Scottish Parliament approved a six-month extension.

Badenoch and Strathspey is set to become only the second part of Scotland to have a control zone for short-term lets (STLs) after Scottish Ministers approved the move.

Scottish independent firm of chartered surveyors DM Hall has renewed its formal link with the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) and has now been accredited as one of its “partners for business”. As such, the 125-year-old Scotland-wide firm will continue to act as ASSC&

The Scottish Government is to delay its plans for a short-term let licensing scheme by at least six months.

The City of Edinburgh Council’s Regulatory Committee has agreed a new licensing scheme which includes additional controls for short-term lets for properties used as secondary letting within a tenement or shared main door property. The licencing scheme will allow the authority to restrict tenem

Homeowners renting out their properties to visitors during events, festivals or sporting occasions could be exempted from a new licensing crackdown on short-term lets.

With new regulations on short-term lets set to be put before the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee next month, Scottish Land & Estates has teamed up with other organisations to state their case against the proposals. Proposals for new regulations on shor

Shelter Scotland has rejected claims from a self-catering trade body that there is no link between Scotland’s housing crisis and the short-term letting industry. The Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) said its new report ‘Short-Term Letting and The Housing Crisis’

The Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers (ASSC) has called for local authorities to be allowed to limit the number of short-term rental properties in rent pressure zones. In a new paper, Long-Term Approach to Short-Term Letting, the association has sought to reconcile the economic benefit of the