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The UK’s top alcoholic mix-up remains, by a sizeable margin, the Pornstar Martini, which accounts for 15.5% of sales – while its closest rival is the equally blush-making Sex on the Beach, at 7%.

The Scottish Government has said that it remains committed to introducing a Tied Pubs Code after the legislation was blocked at the Court of Session.

ScotGov Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, who is reportedly the SNP membership’s favourite to fill Nicola Sturgeon’s First Ministerial shoes, today declared that the recycling initiative was not ready to be implemented as planned in August and should be halted. 

Fresh from a career in some of the world’s most glamorous tourist hotspots, Scots hospitality veteran Guy Crawford is returning to his Highlands roots as the new Chief Executive of Highland Coast Hotels.

SAIP stressed that, above all, there was no evidence these economically damaging moves would actually do anything to reduce harmful drinking.

In a detailed take-down of the DRS, Innes&Gunn’s founder and master brewer, Dougal Gunn Sharp warned that if the current ‘nightmare scenario’ plays out, hundreds of Scottish businesses will go under, resulting in tens of thousands of job losses

Muckle Brig, the company behind the project – which is the UK’s first vertical distillery and is expected to become a major tourist attraction – will fill 53 new positions in 2023, both at Port of Leith and at the nearby Lind & Lime gin distillery

"It is vital that the next First Minister, whoever they may be, takes this opportunity to reset the relationship with business and work together to grow the Scottish economy into the success story that our people and nation deserve"

The spirits multinational’s 2022 results show sales growth of 10.5% year-on-year, within which its premium brands grew by 15%.

Bear Robotics already has a presence in North America, with over 9000 of its robots in restaurants, corporate campuses, ghost kitchens, senior living facilities, casinos, and medical device and automotive factories.