New season, new dilemma
Pubs are holding out for a cheaper way to show football, but a quick resolution to the long-running legal broadcast battle seems unlikely
THE prospect...
Simple steps to energy savings
Sometimes the smallest changes can make the biggest differences to bills, writes Mark Bowen, marketing director of Scottish Power
It can be challenging for all...
Time to take a longer term view
Retirement planning is an important consideration for anyone working in the licensed trade, writes advisor Angus Kirk
Financial tonic for the festive hangover
As the ringing tills of the festive period become an increasingly distant memory, it is crucial that licensed trade operators take proactive steps to...
Are prospects for 2017 over-rated?
Draft rateable values of many pubs and hotels have increased but there is scope to challenge and appeal, writes rates specialist Martin Clarkson
AS we...
Deal or no deal?
IT’S difficult to avoid being offered a ‘deal’ these days. Whether doing the weekly shop or checking your emails, we’re almost constantly bombarded with...
Appetite for lunch growing
Operators must get their offer right as consumers’ expectations rise, says foodservice analyst
CONSUMERS’ appetite for eating out at lunch time is set to grow...
Scotland can make own move on tie
Holyrood has power to create its own pubs code legislation but it is unlikely to be a panacea, writes Colliers International’s Paul Shiells
Proposed changes to...
Rates delay bad news for trade
TIMING, so the mantra goes, is the golden rule of comedy.
That being the case, one can only conclude that finance minister John Swinney has no delusions of abandoning the day job in favour of a role as a stand-up.
Take last week’s announcement by the Scottish Government that it intends to fall in line with Westminster and delay the next rating revaluation from 2015 until 2017.
While the subject of property rates can never be described as a laughing matter, there was some irony in the fact the decision came in a consultation paper titled ‘Supporting Business – Promoting Growth’.
Football is still a winner for pubs
WARNINGS of financial Armageddon for sports-dependent pubs have regularly been aired since Rangers Football Club slid into financial oblivion.
Now that the dust has finally...
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Luke Richardson
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