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Monthly Archives: October 2013

The ‘Glasgow Welcomes’ course takes two hours to complete and costs £5 a head.

Get in shape for the Games

New online course is designed to prepare hospitality staff for next year’s sporting event BAR, restaurant and hotel staff in Glasgow are to be offered...
• The hotel has eight letting bedrooms.

Chance to get in on Ryder Cup action

A PERTHSHIRE hotel that’s said to be a “short pitching wedge” away from next year’s Ryder Cup venue is up for sale. The Blackford Hotel...
• As of January 1, 2014, businesses in Scotland will have to separate glass waste for collection.

Trade can reap the recycling rewards

Operators advised to plan ahead for regulations coming into force TIMES are changing for Scottish businesses when it comes to recycling – and the licensed...
• The revamped VK range incorporates five new fruit flavours alongside VK Blue and VK Ice Storm.

VK mixes fruit to follow suit

New variants introduced to capitalise on trend for flavours THE firm behind the VK brand claims to be "steering the RTD category into the 21st...
• The Millennium Casks edition.

Dram of the century has hit shelves

LIQUID from the last day of the 20th century hit shelves this week with the release of Isle of Arran Distillers’ Millennium Casks edition. The...
• Distributor Cellar Trends is promoting a number of serves for the Luxardo sambuca range.

Festive flavours top list

CELLAR Trends, the firm that distributes Luxardo, claims Christmas is the perfect time for bartenders to experiment with its flavoured sambuca range. The Luxardo...
• The ad includes scenes from all four seasons.

Swedish cider makes silver screen debut

SWEDISH fruit cider brand Rekorderlig has made its cinema screen debut with the launch of a new ad designed to position it as a...
• The limited edition Gold Label.

Johnnie Walker goes for gold this Christmas

DIAGEO is taking a two-pronged approach to Christmas marketing for its Johnnie Walker brand as the spirits firm unveils new packaging for Johnnie Walker...
Gillian McKenzie

Man versus machine is no contest

By Gillian McKenzie WHEN reports emerged some months back that a robot bartender named Carl was ‘working’ in a bar in Germany, it got me...
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Inverarity Morton goes Forth

WHOLESALER Inverarity Morton has snapped up Milnathort-based Forth Wines in a seven-figure deal. The acquisition, which comes two years after Inverarity Morton was formed by...

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Jack Cummins
LEGAL by Jack Cummins
FINANCIAL Wylie & Bisset
Neil Morrison
ASK THE OPERATOR Neil Morrison
THE GRAPEVINE
Luke Richardson
MEET THE MAKER
William Woodburn
MIXED UP WORLD Ewan Angus