SimpsInns to unveil revamped Si! restaurant at Irvine
SimpsInns, the SLTN Award-winning Ayrshire hospitality group, is preparing to reopen Irvine restaurant Si! After a £250,000 revamp.
Entries open for Heineken’s 2023 Green Pub Guide
With almost half (46%) of Gen Z and millennials claiming to be more inclined to visit a pub if it is eco-friendly, considering your carbon footprint makes good business sense, as does letting potential customers know what you are doing about it.
For a’ that: Are you prepared for Burns Night?
With Burns Night just around the corner, bars and pubs the length and breadth of Scotland will be gearing up to celebrate the life of our much-loved poet.
Spiralling costs are driving a wave of hospitality closures
In 2022, hospitality recorded a drop of 4,809 premises, or 4.5% of the total that were open at the end of 2021, with more than three quarters of these closures occurring in the second half of the year.
Recruitment drive at Highland Coast Hotels
Amidst investment and refurbishment of its stable of historic and scenic properties, Highland Coast Hotels is now recruiting for over 50 new hospitality positions for the 2023 season
Business rates ‘disadvantage’ north of the Border
Scottish businesses are in ‘jeopardy’, having not benefitted from any business rates relief since June last year, while English businesses have been supported by relief since the pandemic and will continue to be supported by up to 75% relief on business rates.
Customers might visit less often – but they’ll want quality when they do
Disposable income – or lack thereof – is likely to be a big factor in hospitality in 2023, particularly in the early part of the year. With the general public facing prices increasing well ahead of earnings, there’s bound to be a knock-on effect on visits to hospitality venues – and what customers buy when visiting them.
Let live music work its magic on your bar’s footfall
According to a new report from research consultancy CGA by NielsenIQ, no less than 78% of consumers said that they are more likely to visit a pub, bar or similar venue if it offers live music.
Kelsey McKechnie takes The Balvenie torch from David Stewart
Anyone who has ever bought a bottle of single malt The Balvenie will be familiar with the signature on the label. David Stewart, one of Scotch whisky’s most well-respected names, has had his signature on each bottle of the Speyside whisky for decades. But all that’s about to change.
Williams Bros – the godfathers of Scottish craft beer
There's a good argument that Williams Bros, the Alloa crafter brewer behind Fraoch, Joker IPA and Caesar Augustus among others, has been ahead of the curve since day one.
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