Monthly Archives: February 2017
Rates cap is a ‘short term fix’
Licensees urged to continue challenging rateable values
Licensees have welcomed Derek Mackay’s cap on rates increases, but expressed concern that it will only be a...
Cap brings rates reprieve for trade
Campaign to have entire system overhauled continues
By Gillian McKenzie
The 12-month cap on rates rises of 12.5% has been welcomed by trade groups, which say...
G1 snaps up The Scotsman Hotel
G1 Group has acquired The Scotsman Hotel in Edinburgh for an undisclosed sum.
The 69 bedroom hotel, which went into liquidation in June 2016, is...
Holyrood to cap rates increases
SCOTTISH finance minister Derek Mackay has announced that any increases in business rates from April 1 will be capped at 12.5% for hospitality businesses.
The...
Annand to join Inverarity Morton
Former Magners sales boss to succeed Donald Campbell
Inverarity Morton has appointed former Magners sales boss Steve Annand as its new sales director. Annand, who...
Fairlie in Scottish first
RESTAURANT Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles has become the first Scottish restaurant to be inducted into luxury restaurant collection Les Grandes Tables du Monde.
A collection...
Turret takes some time off
STAFF at Glenturret Distillery feared the worst when distillery cat Turret didn’t turn up for work earlier this month.
Despite searching the site – from...
Smith takes the high road to trade
Local influences at centre of new-look Ayr venue
By Jack Walsh
IT’s fair to say no two routes to the trade are alike. Yet Jay Smith,...
Taking on the world one rum at a time
Gleneagles bartender heads to Berlin for Bacardi Legacy global final
WINNING isn’t everything but it will send you on a trip to Berlin if you’re...
New look for Aberdeen pub
AN Aberdeen pub has been relaunched following a refurbishment ahead of its eighth anniversary.
Located on Union Street, McGinty’s Meal An’ Ale has been given...
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Luke Richardson
William Woodburn
