Caithness Chamber of Commerce to launch free Test and Protect service for north Highland businesses
Caithness Chamber of Commerce is to launch a Test and Protect system aimed at hospitality businesses across the north Highlands as they seek to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
The simple online service – backed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise – will allow businesses in the hospitality sector to safely collect and store customer data in line with official guidelines to support the Scottish Government’s Test and Protect Programme.
The new service, #ProtectNorthHighlands, will be launching on August 26 and will be free for businesses 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 be 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.
Designed and built in the Highlands by Cairngorm Studios, of Grantown-on-Spey, in conjunction with Cairngorms Business Partnership Ltd, this web-based Test and Protect service 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 for Test and Protect mandatory, we know that many businesses will be looking for a solution to enable them to do this safely, securely and with minimum fuss.
“Thanks to the excellent work done by Cairngorm Studios, and the generous support of HIE, 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 interest in joining, contact protect@caithnesschamber.com