One business owner also told the SNP leader he had sold his restaurant because of increasing cost pressures. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton (left) and Scottish Labour leader (Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)Scotland has a three-yearly revaluation cycle in a bid to keep pace with the market. Stephen Montgomery, the director of the Scottish Hospitality Group, told the hustings he had recently sold his restaurant, Our Place in Annan. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said his Government would pause the revaluation. Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: “We all know examples of the exorbitant hike that some businesses are facing without so much as a by-your-leave.

Source: The Herald April 03, 2026 05:49 UTC