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Rolling into Ruma for some quality mixing with Franklin & Sons

For the latest in our series of columns with Franklin & Sons, SLTN visited Edinburgh rum bar Ruma to chat quality craft mixers with co-owner Steven Aitken.

RED Sky Bar sitting pretty amongst the World’s Top 50 Rooftop bars

“We are very lucky that our hard work is recognised so often with awards – but this placing means more than most because it comes from public customer reviews."

Ralston marks 10 years of Aizle – that ‘little restaurant with no menu’

Ralston is a strong advocate for work life balance, and was one of the first chefs in the UK to implement a four-day-week back in 2018.

Know the law when its comes to gaming activities in licensed premises

This month Jack Cummins is looking at some gaming questions that have arisen requiring more space than usual for a proper response. 

Elyse Von Ruinn triumphs over cocktail competitors from across the UK

Franklin & Sons' Flavour in Motion competition challenged competing UK bartenders to recreate the first cocktail they ever learned to make behind the bar.

OnlyDrams – Japan’s whisky industry was born of both Hiroshima and Glasgow

The entire enterprise of Japanese whisky came from one man, Masataka Taketsuru, who came to Glasgow University in 1918 to study organic chemistry.

This October, new laws will transform hospitality tipping practices

The new legislation requires tips to be distributed fairly to all workers without any deductions – and businesses must start keeping records of how tips are managed.

Beer deal with Innis & Gunn is a natural fit for the Royal Highland...

For four days in June, the Royal Highland Showground becomes Scotland’s sixth biggest population centre, with 55,000 people on site each day.
Edinburgh during 2022 bin strike

Scottish trade set for a waste nightmare as bin strike hits high season

Trade groups and operators have expressed anger and disappointment that strikes could leave rubbish piling up during Scotland's tourist season.

Innis & Gunn set up shop on the Mound for the duration of the...

Fringe-goers are promised an ‘immersive Scottish experience’, with music, comedy, food, and drink all on offer under the Scottish craft brewer’s flag.

Columns

Jack Cummins
LEGAL by Jack Cummins
FINANCIAL Wylie & Bisset
Neil Morrison
ASK THE OPERATOR Neil Morrison
THE GRAPEVINE
Luke Richardson
MEET THE MAKER
William Woodburn
MIXED UP WORLD Ewan Angus