Snow good for hospitality trade
By Graeme Murray & Matthew Lynas
HOSPITALITY operators are reaping the rewards of a bumper ski season as Ski-Scotland claimed it was worth more than £14...
Sales slump after drink drive change
Bar takings drop by up to 60% in wake of new limit, buying group says
By Gillian McKenzie
BAR sales have slumped by up to 60%...
Sky and BT retain Premier League
BROADCASTERS Sky and BT Sport have retained the rights to screen live English Premier League games in the UK until 2019.
They paid a combined...
Licence training still ‘time bomb’
Trade continues to leave refresher courses to “last minute”
By Dave Hunter
PERSONAL licence holder refresher training remains a “ticking time bomb”, according to training firms.
Despite...
Price increases come under fire
Publicans say they’ll have to add up to 12p to a pint
By Dave Hunter
SCOTTISH publicans have hit out at the country’s major brewers over...
Brewer to lobby on drink drive limit
Action needed to mitigate impact on trade, Scottish SIBA chair says
By Gillian McKenzie
THE newly-appointed Scottish chairman of brewers' group SIBA has pledged to lobby...
Police issue consistency calls
POLICE Scotland has echoed calls for consistency in the way sexual entertainment venues are regulated.
Speaking to the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration...
Maclay Group in administration
PUB owner and operator Maclay Group has gone into administration.
Directors appointed EY as administrators after failing to find a “strategic solution to the financial...
Lapdance clubs prepare to fight
Owners could launch legal challenge to new regulation
THE owners of Scotland’s lapdancing clubs could fight new legislation in the courts if measures proposed in...
New calls for Scots pubs code
Westminster legislation unlikely to be implemented north of border
By Gillian McKenzie
PUBCO reform campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to draft its own pubs...
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