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To celebrate her appointment – and the past 75 years of Douglas Laing – Cara and her team have released six of the firm’s most scarce and precious single casks under the auspices of  'The Diamond Collection’.

“Both the UK and Scottish Governments, along with local authorities, must wake up and realise the calamity facing the sector - the beer and pub sector alone accounts for 936,000 jobs and £26 billion to the economy."

In September 2023, Old Jock won SIBA's Scotland’s overall best cask ale award and a gold award in the strong ale category. This was followed in Dec 2023 with CAMRA's Champion Strong Ale of Scotland Award.

DESPITE challenging conditions, independent bar and restaurant operator Buzzworks Holdings is pressing on with plans to double the size of its business, and in so doing create 800 new hospitality jobs.

Under the Heartcount profit share scheme, everyone in the business who has 12+ months service qualifies for a share of 10% of Manorview’s net profits. The total amount being shared this year is £273,560.

This weekend will see the Scottish National Whisky Festival return to Glasgow, occupying the SWG3 events space for two sessions on Saturday 27th January as part of the wider Celtic Connections programme of events.

Montrose will offer a totally capsule-free and 100% organic wine list. A focus on bottles, magnums, bag-in-box and canned wine promises to set a new benchmark for sustainability in the industry.

In years past, Windswept has been hailed by the Campaign for Real Ale for making the ‘best beer in Scotland’, and as recently as last autumn, was racking up gold awards for several of its beers.

A lot has changed in hospitality since SLTN entered the fray back in 1964. But what do industry figures regard as the single biggest upheaval they’ve seen during their time in the sector?

UKHospitality warned that the improved sales performance was unlikely to be enough to balance ongoing operating cost pressure, particularly as businesses now have to weather the start-of-year slump.