Monthly Archives: July 2011

Old Firm in TV action on season’s opening weekend as SPL kicks off earlier than usual THERE’S no doubt it’s been an exciting summer of...

Consumers drawn to 3D sport, operators say IT may still be relatively new technology, but many operators in the trade are already embracing 3D as...

Alex McLeish and partner sell business after ten years IT’S not just in the world of football that former Scotland manager Alex McLeish is making...

Wave of consolidation across wine supply sector may be seen as a positive thing for the Scottish on-trade. Nothing stands still in the Scottish drinks industry. It’s what makes it such a compelling sector to cover. Take the wave of consolidation across the wine supply scene in the past few years. As well as the spree of takeovers undertaken by Wine Importers.

SLTN has linked up with ViVAS, the drinks company delivered by wholesaler 3663 and sourced by Bibendum Wine, to get the lowdown on the big sales trends in wine, how the trade can make more from wine, and how knowledgeable consumers and operators are about the product. Offering their insight for the first SLTN Wine Forum are representatives from ViVAS, two of its customers in Scotland and the education body the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.

But SLTA insists football TV bills should have been cut for pubs SKY Business has given Scottish pubs some welcome breathing space after confirming its...

GLASGOW design firm Surface ID has scooped two awards at the national Restaurant and Bar Design Awards in London. Surface beat competition from five London...

Two-thirds of food sent to landfill could be recycled, report finds THE Scottish hospitality industry stands to save as much £64m a year by reducing...

Pub giant Punch Taverns is poised to split into two separate companies on August 1. The demerger, which was announced in March following a strategic review of the company, will see its tenanted and managed divisions separated to form two listed pub companies. It comes nine years after Punch first demerged its managed division, the then Spirit Group Holdings, before buying it back in January 2006.

A successful appeal by the operators of a Glasgow lap dancing club against the board’s decision to refuse its licence application may lead to a “dramatic erosion” of licensing board powers. Solicitor Stephen McGowan said the Court of Session decision to refer the application back to the board for reconsideration has major implications in terms of matters boards can seek to control and the conditions they can attach to a licence which are not “expressly linked” to the sale of alcohol.