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UFC octagon

A knockout for pubs

Bars which pull out all the stops to cater to customers looking to watch the highly anticipated Khabib v Poirier UFC match this Saturday (September 7) will pull in the punters, according to BT Sport.
Top brands 2018

Top Brands 2019

The ongoing gin boom is just one of the big changes in this year’s list .
Freshers week

An occasion that remains fresh

Freshers’ week, or month, is still a massive opportunity for the trade, say firms
Bartender using glasswasher

A focus on the fundamentals

It was the late comedian Henny Youngman who once boasted about how his grandmother didn’t need glasses, even after her eightieth birthday, as she drank straight from the bottle.
Laphroaig

Strong sales for Scotch

Fans of peated malts will be pleased to see the success of Laphroaig in this year’s Top Brands feature.
ready to drinks RTD

Sales dip for RTDs

RTDs (ready to drinks) may have seen a sales dip of 18% in the past year, according to CGA’s data, but the category is still worth £22.1 million in the Scottish on-trade.
Liqueur

Liquids of strength

Their role in bars is as varied as the category itself, and that has no doubt helped maintain sales of liqueurs and speciality spirits.
Heineken

Zero risk with low and no

While total value sales of £3.37 million may not suggest a behemoth for bars, sales of low and no-alcohol beers have in fact ballooned by 27% in the past 12 months.
Champagne being poured

Fine year for Champagne

It has certainly been a vintage year for the on-trade’s second largest category as wine recovered from a decline last year with an increase in sales of over £10 million.
whiskey pour into glass

US does it again

Whiskey from overseas remains a lucrative business in the land of Scotch with a value of £43.8 million in the nation’s bars, according to this year’s CGA data.

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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