Monthly Archives: May 2012
Food and drink firms go for gold
SOME of Scotland’s top food and drink producers are in the running for top industry awards later this month.
The 2012 Scotland Food & Drink...
Drinks giants are diamond geezers
DRINKS giants Diageo and Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) are looking to capitalise on what they anticipate will be a sense of patriotism around the UK...
Capital chef wins royal medal
MICHELIN star chef Paul Kitching has been awarded the Prince Philip Medal in recognition of his outstanding professional achievements.
Kitching, who launched his 21212 restaurant...
Resort sets sights on torpedo range
A FIVE-star hotel is to be the centrepiece of a proposed new resort on the site of a former torpedo testing range on Loch...
You couldn’t make it up, Malibu insists
PERNOD Ricard UK is looking to drive sales of its Malibu brand this summer with three pieces of on-trade activity.
In participating bars over...
Duty blamed as beer sales slide
RISING beer duty has been blamed as the number of pints sold in Britain’s pubs slumped by 57 million from January to March compared...
Still room for water to flow in the on-trade
SMALL formats and sparkling water represent the largest potential for growing bottled water sales in the on-trade, according to Scotland’s biggest producer.
Highland Spring Group...
Fire guts Ayrshire inn
AN Ayrshire inn at the centre of Costley & Costley’s House of Burns retail development has been gutted by fire.
More than 30 firefighters worked...
It’s a question of trust, Barr says
OPERATORS should respond to consumers’ growing interest in product provenance by stocking a range of bottled waters in various pack sizes.
That’s according to AG...
Mobile mixologist to launch bar
THE bartender behind Aberdeen-based mobile cocktail bar company 10 Dollar Shake is set to open a venue in the city.
Adrian Gomes and business partner...
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