Monthly Archives: February 2013

LESS than one in five people back the UK government’s plans to introduce a minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol down south and even...

DEPENDING on your political perspective, the Coalition is either correct in its determination to see out its austerity programme, or it is time to...

North east firm opens new brewery and aims to open bars abroad ABERDEENSHIRE craft beer company BrewDog has unveiled major expansion plans that could see...

NEXT month Glasgow’s SECC welcomes the return of ScotHot, the trade show dedicated to Scotland’s catering, tourism, hospitality and foodservice sectors. And this year organisers...

Chef sees restaurant win more AA awards than any other in UK EDINBURGH chef Paul Kitching was the toast of the UK dining scene last...

BY his own admission, Jacques Borel doesn’t work as hard as he used to. The veteran French hotel lobbyist puts in a ‘mere’ 70 hours...

Property market picks up pace as licensees snap up opportunities EXPERIENCED operators showed confidence in the UK pub sector last year, taking advantage of reduced...

BREWERS have issued fresh calls for chancellor George Osborne to scrap the alcohol duty escalator in next month’s Budget, claiming it is pushing the price of a pint out of reach for many people. The beer firms say the annual 2% above the rate of inflation increase, brought in by the previous government in 2008 and continued under the coalition, is hampering growth in the sector and contributing to pub closures and job losses.

A CAMPAIGN to levy a tax on sugary drinks is another example of the licensed trade being treated as a “cash cow”, according to one of the UK’s biggest pub chains. JD Wetherspoon says proposals put forward by the charity Sustain would heap pressure on an industry already paying more than its fair share to the Treasury. More than 60 organisations, including Friends of the Earth, the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, have backed a report calling on the government to implement the tax at the next Budget.

Cirque is the latest venue helping to restore Queen Street as one of Glasgow’s most vibrant late-night areas A NEW circus has rolled into town...