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Alcohol label laws slammed

Holyrood is watching new Irish measures “with interest”

Fresh calls to scrap licence renewals

Lawyers and trade groups want ten-year lifespan ditched

Views mixed on Gers’ fate

Trade gives opinions as newco Rangers awaits key vote. Football pubs have been giving SLTN their views on the potential impact on trade if the new Rangers is barred from Scotland’s top football league. SPL clubs will vote on July 4 on whether to admit Charles Green’s Rangers’ newco into Scotland’s top league, with Hearts, Hibs and Dundee United already saying ‘no’.
Menu-calorie-plan-unveiled

‘Vital’ businesses take part in calorie consultation

It is “vital” that Scottish business owners participate in a new Scottish Government consultation on mandatory calorie labelling, says trade group UK Hospitality.
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Boards split on revocation

Different approaches to missed training deadline.

Business rates blasted by trade

Operators and the SLTA have called for an urgent rethink on business rates after new data from the Scottish Government found some businesses are...

Pub growth is in firm’s sights

New appointment signals next step in expansion plans GLASGOW-based wholesaler JW Filshill is aiming to grow its presence in the independent free-trade following the appointment...

Five-strong hotels group snapped up

Scottish properties acquired by Berlin-based business
- Fresh calls for staff solutions Oct 21

Scottish operators back hospitality recruitment campaign

Scottish hospitality groups are among those backing a major UK-wide campaign designed to tackle hospitality industry staff shortages.
Gerry Carroll, Hawthorn Leisure

‘Business as usual’ after pubco sale

Deal provides ‘strong platform for growth’, says Hawthorn chief

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