Monthly Archives: September 2014
Energy sales growing wings
G1 Group doubles category revenues in one year thanks to a new approach across estate
OVER the last two years, Glasgow-based G1 Group has been...
Time to get cellar in shape for new season
Autumn the ideal time to prepare for festive trade, say cellar management firms
WINTER is coming and with it some of the busiest days of...
Bourbon country for Edinburgh bartender
EDINBURGH bartender Michael Braun managed to bag himself an all expenses-paid trip to Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky as Scotland’s winner of the Buffalo...
Club owner slams advert ruling
THE owner of a Glasgow nightclub has hit out at the Advertising Standards Authority’s decision to uphold a complaint about adverts on the venue’s...
SLTN to mark 50th birthday
IT’S not just the Forth Road Bridge and Match of the Day that are celebrating their 50th birthdays in 2014.
This year SLTN is 50...
Trade is split on the referendum
No industry consensus as campaigns enter final fortnight.
Eden hops to it with new gin
ST ANDREWS-based distillery and brewery Eden Mill is set to launch what’s said to be the UK’s first ‘hopped gin’.
An initial trial batch of...
Forfar bar is in its prime
Outlet’s success built on a Westminster address
By Matthew Lynas
SEPTEMBER is the month Scotland decides its future, but be it ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ there’s...
C&C brings Italian beers to Scotland
Tennent’s owner handling distribution of Menabrea products
THE firm behind Tennent’s Lager and Magners is bringing beers from Italian brewery Menabrea to the Scottish trade...
Pubs invited to raise the food bar
Taste Our Best awards scheme rolled out across Scottish trade
By Graeme Murray
A QUALITY Assurance award scheme designed to promote Scottish produce could help boost...