Help for Sutherland hospitality businesses from Caithness Chamber of Commerce

Caithness Chamber of Commerce is launching a free, simple online service to allow hospitality businesses across the Far North to safely collect and store customer data in line with official guidelines to support the Test and Protect Programme.

This new service, #ProtectNorthHighlands, will be launching on 26 August and will be free for any business in Caithness and Sutherland to access.

It offers a quick and easy way for customers to digitally check in and out of businesses using their mobile device at any participating business across the region, as well as allowing businesses to manually check in customers without a mobile device.

Participating businesses can rest assured that customer data is being stored and handled securely by the chamber team, relieving them of the burden of data protection and allowing them to focus on providing a safe and welcoming environment to their customers.

This web-based Test and Protect solution has already been successfully rolled out by Cairngorms, Lochaber and Moray Chambers of Commerce.

Trudy Morris, chief executive of Caithness Chamber of Commerce, said: “With the Scottish Government recently making the collection of customer data mandatory, we know that many businesses will be looking for a solution to enable them to do this safely, securely and with minimum fuss.

“We are pleased to be able to support businesses across the North Highlands by offering this simple solution free of charge. With chambers across the region offering the same service, this will bring confidence to visitors that they can safely check in at participating venues wherever they are in the Highlands.”

For more details on the programme and to register your interest in joining, contact

the chamber on protect@caithnesschamber.com

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