Monthly Archives: October 2011
Scotch firm raises the Standard
RUSSIAN Standard is to be distributed by Scotch whisky firm Whyte & Mackay, it was announced last week.
The deal will see Whyte & Mackay...
Does the cup have your name on it?
CARLING set out on the road to Hampden last week when it kicked off a tour that will see brewer Molson Coors take the...
Students are the toast of 49 Club
THE 49 Wine & Spirit Club has helped more trade staff to achieve wine education and licensing qualifications.
The club presented two of its latest...
Vanilla joins Smirnoff flavours
VODKA giant Smirnoff has expanded its flavoured range with the launch of a new vanilla variant in the on and off-trades.
Joining the existing Green...
Leaseholds faring better, survey finds
LEASEHOLD pub values are holding up better than their freehold counterparts, a new survey has claimed.
In a poll of members of the Association of...
Ale aims to give power to the people
Standards were high this summer as McEwan's and SLTN again travelled across Scotland to find the country's best community pub
JUDGING the SLTN-McEwan’s Community Pub...
Opportunities knock for lessees
Operators who move with the times will prosper, pubcos say
OPPORTUNITIES in the leased pub market have scarcely been greater.
The positive assessment came from both...
Buy into some Dalkeith luck
Scope to profit from food at revamped Horseshoe Bar
PROPERTY agent Bruce & Co is marketing a recently-refurbished Dalkeith bar on leasehold and freehold basis.
Located...
Drinkers still seeing red in the on-trade
Spirit remains biggest-selling in Scotland – and one brand still dominates
DESPITE the rising popularity of rum and whisky’s apparent return to form, vodka remains...
Goalposts to shift again on alcohol
IT was supposed to be a root and branch reform, making licensing law fit for the 21st century.
Yet, the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, in...