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Hospitality industry’s Rising Stars to be celebrated at ScotHot

Nominations have been sought across five categories – Hospitality Heroes; Champion Chefs; Rising up in Retail; Brilliant in Beverage; and Tourism Trendsetters – with individuals able to nominate colleagues, friends or employees in each category

Customers might visit less often – but they’ll want quality when they do

Disposable income – or lack thereof – is likely to be a big factor in hospitality in 2023, particularly in the early part of the year. With the general public facing prices increasing well ahead of earnings, there’s bound to be a knock-on effect on visits to hospitality venues – and what customers buy when visiting them.
Kelsey McKechnie and David Stewart

Kelsey McKechnie takes The Balvenie torch from David Stewart

Anyone who has ever bought a bottle of single malt The Balvenie will be familiar with the signature on the label. David Stewart, one of Scotch whisky’s most well-respected names, has had his signature on each bottle of the Speyside whisky for decades. But all that’s about to change.

Helping customers forget their woes this Burns Night

Poetry in motion: Signature, which operates 24 venues around Scotland, will be offering customers a range of dishes and drinks ahead of Burns Night on 25th January.

Barstaff bet on growth in low’n’no demand

More than four in five bars plan to increase their range of low & no alcohol drinks in 2023 to capitalise on consumers’ growing interest in healthier drinking.

Bars blossom whilst abiding by the vegan rulebook

Vegan hospitality has snowballed over the last decade, moving in from the misunderstood fringes to the mainstream, where it is now established as a fiercely self-defining market segment that drinks manufacturers simply cannot afford to ignore.

Tee-total tsunami of soft options

Across the on-trade the soft drinks market is now outperforming all others – including wine, cider and beer.

Bartenders! Don’t neglect the ‘sober-curious’ this festive season

How Scotland defines ‘going for a drink’ is at a turning point, with a significant percentage of the population deciding that sometimes, or perhaps even always, socializing does not automatically equal alcohol consumption.
Gillian Macdonald of Glenmorangie holds a dram of whisky

Shining a light on the Lighthouse

Gillian Macdonald, master blender and head of whisky creation at The Glenmorangie Company talks experimenting with whisky.
Laggan distillery at sunset

Island’s second son comes of age

Distiller Graham Omand talks the past, present and future of Lagg Distillery on the Isle of Arran.

Columns

Jack Cummins
LEGAL by Jack Cummins
FINANCIAL Wylie & Bisset
Neil Morrison
ASK THE OPERATOR Neil Morrison
THE GRAPEVINE
Luke Richardson
MEET THE MAKER
William Woodburn
MIXED UP WORLD Ewan Angus