Lost Shore founder Andy Hadden named Director of the Year 

After a 10-year-long effort by Hadden, Lost Shore opened in late 2024 and has since welcomed 200,000 visitors
SLTN Serves cocktail competition featured

SLTN’s cocktail competition for 2026 is now open for entries!

To focus on all that’s good about bar work, SLTN Serves asks entrants to capture a favourite hospitality memory in cocktail form

Encore Bars Group brings Boston to the heart of the Old Town

The Boston Bar Old Town has opened on Niddry Street, between The Royal Mile and the Cowgate, in the site that was formerly the Globe

SimpsInns says Si! to coastal spa success at The Waterside

With sea views over the Firth of Clyde, the Si! Spa at The Waterside represents a £3 million investment by the family-run business

Wholesale Achievers Awards celebrate good people and great ideas

Scotland’s ambitious, innovative, and resilient wholesalers and staff were recognised at the annual SWA awards
Football fans watch a game in a pub

Edinburgh follows Glasgow’s lead on World Cup licensing hours

Reporting live from the Edinburgh Licensing Board, Stephen McGowan, partner at TLT LLP, broke the news on his social media

Global bar community looks forward to 2026 Edinburgh Bar Show

EBS 2026 will spotlight Edinburgh's venues and drinks producers, and welcome bars, brands and industry voices from around the world

Anna declares freedom as Scottish Pubs Code ends her beer tie

Christopherson, of The Green Room in Edinburgh, is celebrating its release from Admiral Taverns’ tied purchasing contract

Barry Fish manager Manon Marrum is one of UK’s ‘top 30 under 30’

A year since opening, Barry Fish is in the Michelin Guide, and The Good Food Guide’s UK-wide list of 100 Best Local Restaurants

Matheson Lawson Solicitors – from behind the bar to behind the brief

Maureen McKee Matheson and Victoria Lawson's law firm is built upon real-life experience, including a decade of pulling pints

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Jack Cummins
LEGAL
Niall Hassard
ONLY DRAMS
Andrew Dowson
Neil Morrison
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Neil Morrison
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