Monthly Archives: September 2011
Punch and Spirit post first updates
Leased co appoints new dispense managers to monitor beer tie
NEWLY separated pub businesses Punch Taverns and Spirit Group have issued their first trading updates...
Pubco getting cool in the cellar
SCOTTISH & Newcastle Pub Company has been rolling out a new cellar-cooling unit that’s said to be 20% more energy efficient than previous systems....
Will your anchor hold in Orkney?
NEW owners are sought for a harbour-front hotel on Orkney for the first time in 12 years.
The Kirkwall Hotel is described by agent CCL...
Grand old Duke of Scotch
THE Duke of York was on the Scotch whisky trail last month.
His Royal Highness dropped by the Glenfarclas distillery in Speyside as part of...
Search for new scholars begins
HIT Scotland and SLTN link up to foster emerging talent
HOSPITALITY charity HIT Scotland and SLTN have joined forces for the third year running to...
Scots shine in eating out bible
Joy for Mull’s Café Fish as Scotland’s Good Food Guide tally rises
SCOTLAND’S culinary credentials were reinforced earlier this month with the inclusion of a...
Beer can be a match made in heaven
Pairing dishes with ales and lagers offers huge potential, brewers say
LIKE Fred and Ginger, Morecombe and Wise and Ant and Dec, food and wine...
Price returns to top agenda
Players voice familiar arguments after Salmond announcement. Minimum pricing made its predicted return to the alcohol debate in Scotland last week when First Minister Alex Salmond made it a key priority in his forthcoming Programme for Government. The SNP showed it’s not for turning on the policy by unveiling plans to bring in an Alcohol Minimum Pricing Bill this autumn, just months after its previous attempt was defeated in parliament.
Operator slams club sanctions
Lynnet Leisure “disappointed and frustrated” at restrictions on Karbon. The operator of a Glasgow nightclub forced to close at midnight for four weeks and banned from admitting under 21s has slammed the sanctions, claiming they send out “mixed messages” to the trade.
Court asks board to think again
Buzzworks forces fresh look at Wetherspoon’s Prestwick application. A licence granted to JD Wetherspoon for a 552-capacity pub in Prestwick is to be reconsidered by South Ayrshire licensing board after a judge ruled its decision “unlawful”. Ayrshire operator Buzzworks, which operates Dome and Elliots in Prestwick, sought a judicial review of the decision to grant Wetherspoon a licence for the Main Street premises last November.
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