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The Edinburgh-based Scottish Premiership football club now boasts 25 brand new bedrooms and extra events space within the main stand of its Tynecastle Park stadium in the west of the city. 

Following a series of regional heats, the 12 best cocktail creators will be given the ‘trip of a lifetime’ to New Zealand to compete for the global championship title in October of this year.

Essential Edinburgh reported an ‘incredible response’ to 2023's Eat Our Edinburgh campaign, which involved a slew of set menu deals and curated special offers from restaurants, cafés, and bars within the BID.

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."

Now promoted as one of the world’s largest whisky festivals, 2024’s Spirit of Speyside will involve more than 650 events held at 85 venues, including many of the 51 whisky distilleries spread across the region

Combining a four-star hotel, extended stay and student rooms, work and event spaces, bar, restaurant, shop and community kitchen, the venue opens in the Merchant City this April, creating 80 local jobs.

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.

The new participants are Lady Phyll, founder of UK Black Pride; Trina Nicole, founder of the Curve Catwalk community for plus size dancers; and ShayShay, of The Bitten Peach cabaret for the queer Asian community.

The refurbishment will also involve the addition of ‘co-working spaces’ to the hotel's lobby, with much-sought-after city centre parking, branded coffee, and pastries available to purchase throughout the day.