Pitlochry hotel steps up to rescue local food bank’s Christmas Day Lunch
For four years, McKays Hotel and Restaurant, and its suppliers, have cooked and provided hundreds of free Christmas Day meals for Pitlochry’s Food Bank.
Isle of Barra Distillers breaks ground on Scotland’s most westerly distillery
The £12 million distillery project is claimed to be the largest single private investment ever made on the island, bringing major benefits to its economy and community.
Royal Mile Whiskies Trade – proud to work with over 500 accounts across Scotland
Edinburgh-based Royal Mile Whiskies was founded in 1991 and has since grown into one of the world’s most respected specialist whisky retailers.
The Ben recruits ‘superchefs’ Dean Banks and Graeme Cheevers as ambassadors
Demand for The Ben's financial support is said to be ‘soaring’, with more applications received in seven months of this year than in the entire previous financial year.
In its first foray into East Lothian, Buzzworks opens a Lido in Musselburgh
In what is claimed to be a first for Musselburgh, the restaurant will feature a state-of-the-art, wood-fired pizza oven, offering ‘authentic Neapolitan-style’ pizzas.
MUST-STOCKS: 2024 was a tremendous year for beer – particularly stout!
In the most recent figures sent to us by on-trade specialist CGA, stout sales had grown from £74 million in 2023 to over £102m in 2024.
You shall go to the Bartenders Ball – and cheer on the 2025 Glasgow...
Nominations are officially open, inviting the public and the industry to vote for the bars, pubs, and hospitality heroes that make Glasgow great.
Scottish venues celebrate inclusion in 2025’s Top 50 Cocktail Bars list
Scotland is represented by Edinburgh’s Bramble Bar & Lounge, Hey Palu, Nauticus, and Panda & Sons; Glasgow’s Daddy Marmalades, The Absent Ear and The Gate; and The American Bar at Gleneagles, Auchterarder.
Fourth-generation distiller brings a slice of St Lucia to ‘Rumbarton’
Sylvester Herman, founder of Island Slice, came to Scotland by way of New York, Germany, Iraq and Afghanistan, to produce a range of hand-crafted rums in a small industrial unit in Dumbarton.
Jim Robertson marks 40 eventful, musical years at The Kempock in Gourock
For the last four decades, Jim is in the bar seven days a week, most of the time single-handed, and despite now being the longest serving publican in Inverclyde, he has no firm plans to retire.
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