Monthly Archives: October 2011
Baltic brand adds fizz to Scots market
BALTIC cider brand Fizz has secured its first Scottish listing.
The four-strong range of premium ciders is available through wholesaler Wallaces Express.
Fizz, which is...
Pub giant brings taste of US to UK
American cask beers join new and resurrected brews in festival
FIVE American cask-conditioned beers have been rolled out across JD Wetherspoon’s pub estate this month...
Staal is new butcher boss
SCOTTISH butcher Simon Howie Foods has appointed a new managing director.
Andrew Staal has joined the Perthshire-based supplier from his role as Australasia general manager...
Go with the flow
LINCAT has added a stylish, compact wall mounted water boiler to its award winning FilterFlow range.
Equipped with Lincat’s unique, built-in FilterFlow water filtration...
Property directors launch new firm
CDLH aims to offer clients a ‘highly specialised, personal service’
A NEW chartered surveyors firm specialising in the leisure and hospitality property sector has been...
Anti-sectarian laws could hit pubs
THE Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, introduced to Holyrood on June 16, really boils down to two new offences: offensive...
Scots renew auld wine alliance
Demand for French wines growing, merchants say
TASTES are changing in the Scottish wine market, as consumers embrace a wider selection of old world wines,...
Trade welcomes broadcast ruling
The trade has welcomed a European Court of Justice ruling which has brought clarity on the use of foreign decoder cards to broadcast top flight football a step closer. Hopes have been raised that licensees could be able to show Premier League matches for a fraction of what they currently pay after the court ruled that preventing the import, sale or use of foreign decoder cards is “contrary to the freedom to provide services and cannot be justified”
Hour loss killing Newton Stewart
Late night operators in Newton Stewart say business is being hammered thanks to a decision to shave an hour off permitted hours. Pressure on police resources is understood to have driven the move by the Wigtown licensing board – one of four covering Dumfries and Galloway – to reset the terminal hour at 1am the south west town.
Scots win big at hospitality awards
Gleneagles chairman Peter Lederer takes lifetime achievement gong
SCOTLAND’S hospitality industry had reason to celebrate last week as individuals and businesses took top awards in...
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