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The top stories and latest news, dedicated to the licensed trade in Scotland.

SLTA: reform duty system in favour of the on-trade

The Scottish Licensed Trade Association is calling on Westminster to reform the alcohol duty system in order to create a ‘differential’ between alcohol sold in the on and off-trades.
UKHospitality Scotland Executive Director Leon Thompson, Chief Executive Kate Nicholls, and Scotland Chairman Chris Wayne-Wills.

Don’t make life harder for hospitality – delay the DRS

Governments, whether in Westminster or Holyrood, haven’t got the money to help hospitality businesses through the current economic crisis – but they could stop making life harder for them.
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‘Major’ rates relief needed in Scottish Budget

Trade groups the Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA), Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) and UK Hospitality Scotland have jointly called on deputy first minister John Swinney to deliver ‘major’ business rates relief in his upcoming Budget.
Black Heart stout

Black Heart takes aim at the draught stout monoculture

Black Heart taps, running off a nitro line, will start appearing this weekend, serving up pints at 4.1% ABV, with tasting notes promising ‘chocolate and extra dark crystal malts giving layers of roasted, toasted coffee and cocoa, with a hint of caramel coming through’.

New figures point to a staycation boom for the UK hotel trade

A large majority of UK consumers – 81% – are planning to stay in a UK hotel in 2023, raising the prospect of a boom year for domestic hospitality.

The Jolly Judge scores a hat-trick of CAMRA awards

The Jolly Judge, just off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, has been named as the 2023 winner of the CAMRA Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch’s Overall of Pub of the Year, as well as Edinburgh Pub of the Year and Cider Pub of the Year.

Take care with lessee licences

ARE you a landlord in the hospitality sector or thinking of leasing out licensed premises? Be aware of the risks and the potential for outright disaster!

Innis & Gunn headlines at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival

The Scottish brewer was the headline beer supplier to the three-day music event, which is held in Beauly, near Inverness, and attracts around 25,000 people each year.

AA names Leith’s floating Fingal as Scottish Hotel of the Year

First opened in 2019, the former Northern Lighthouse Board tender was developed – and is now managed – by the award-winning team in charge of the berthed-nearby Royal Yacht Britannia.

Love Loan development comes to life with opening of AC Hotel by Marriott

The new George Street hotel is a key element of the £100 million development which is transforming an entire block into a leisure and residential neighbourhood.

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