After 126 private years, Speyburn Distillery opens its doors
From 1st August, the Forres distillery will run three comprehensive behind-the-scenes tours a day, from Tuesdays through to Saturdays, and booking is now open!
Cutting VAT for hospitality would ‘support millions of jobs’
This is the argument made in a letter sent to the PM this week by Stirling MP Alyn Smith, whose call received enthusiastic backing from a host of trade organisations.
Drinks price warning as new duty system goes live
Licensees have been reminded that wholesaler prices on a range of products will be changing from 1st August, when the UK Government introduces a new system for alcohol duty.
Redundant Circularity Scotland staff seek compensation
Almost 60 of the firm’s staff abruptly became unemployed in June when the wheels came off Scottish Government efforts to launch a drinks container recycling scheme.
Young people are the ‘lifeblood’ of hospitality, says new SLTA president
Caithness hotelier Murray Lamont is on a mission to see more young people enter the licensed trade and forge successful careers.
Schweppes offers licensed venues a £20,000 summer social giveawayÂ
The competition closes on Sunday 30th July, and then 20 randomly selected venues will win £1000 in cash to put towards the costs of a Summer Social event.
No more night buses for Glasgow as under-used services scrapped
Citing low passenger uptake and operating losses, First Glasgow has announced that the 11 routes it has been operating in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings will cease to run as of 31st July.
Popping in for a pint and a PhD at The Napier Graduate
One of Edinburgh’s oldest pubs, Shakespeare’s on Lothian Road, temporarily rebranded this week as ‘The Napier Graduate’ in honour of the university’s class of ’23.
Some of the ‘rules’ around whisky do not help to attract new customers
WHISKY is a drink that’s shrouded in all manner of traditions and beliefs – from how it’s named to how it should be drunk.Â
SLTN Award-winning bartender is upbeat about Glasgow’s burgeoning cocktail scene
Liam, who tends bar at Glasgow speakeasy The Absent Ear, started his career at Glasgow’s Oran Mor before moving out to Melbourne and working at a Japanese whisky and sake bar.
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