Cineworld has provided an update to customers in Scotland ahead of their planned re-opening.
While Cineworld cinemas in Scotland have not yet reopened, the company also informed customers that there will be a reduction in price for Unlimited Card holders.
In an email sent to customers, they wrote: "Our main priority remains the safety of our customers and staff. We of course follow all instructions and regulations of the local authorities and, with the current government guidelines and regulations in Scotland, it is still not viable for our cinemas to re-open. Rest assured we are continuing to monitor the situation closely.
READ MORE: Inside Scotland's cinemas post-lockdown — all the changes you need to know about
"In the meantime, rest assured that you will not be charged for your Unlimited membership until your local cinema re-opens, at which point we will first credit you for any payments made during our closure period. We will be in touch with more details – as well as your free 2D adult Cineworld ticket to treat a friend - once we have a confirmed re-opening date for cinemas in Scotland.
READ MORE: Coronavirus: Cineworld provide update to Unlimited Card members
"As you may be aware, the UK government introduced a temporary reduction in VAT to support the leisure sector. As a thank you for staying with us during the time our cinemas have been closed, we’re pleased to pass on the VAT reduction for your membership as long as we receive it, which is currently until 12 January 2021. This will start applying to any payments we take for your membership going forward, meaning your monthly fee will be reduced to only £16.10."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here