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Features dedicated to the licensed trade in Scotland.

Inn at Kingsbarns seeks community funding to secure its future

Supporters of the Kingsbarns project said that, with the pub sector under serious pressure, there is a ‘growing trend’ for community-owned pubs.
Chef Roberta Hall-McCarron

Dinner in the garden with Edinburgh chef Roberta Hall-McCarron

Hall-McCarron is working with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and its catering partner, Heritage Portfolio, to create dishes using ingredients grown onsite.

Leith Street’s Jackson the Tailor recognised in national interior design awards

The Edinburgh city-centre speakeasy is the only bar in Scotland recognised in the British Institute of Interior Designers' awards. 

The French Horn promises to bring something different to Glasgow’s west end

Established hospitality operators Paul Sloan and Neil Morrison have joined forces to launch The French Horn in the former Bakehouse pub on Great Western Road.
Cold Town's head brewer Hayley Ransome, with Cold Town House manager Jamie Napier.

Cold Town Brewery seeks craft beer fan to be ‘honorary chief taster’

Cold Town Brewery’s competition winner, and their guest, will also enjoy an overnight stay at Edinburgh’s luxury boutique hotel, The Rutland.
Comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh

Australian wine comedy comes to the Fringe – with some local help

Each performance will feature one of two local experts – Murray Ainslie, of The Black Grape, and Niina Cunynghame-Lang, who holds a Diploma in Wine and Spirits.

The Gannet supports Scottish fishermen with a Shellfish Sunday Service

With nearly 600 local suppliers in Scotland, The Gannet's collaborator, MacNeil Shellfish, has carved out a reputation for its wild, creel-caught delicacies.

Broadway style sing-along piano & cocktail bar opens in Edinburgh

Downstairs at Betty’s arrives in the capital’s Charlotte Lane having been transplanted by founder Matt Colagiuri from its original home in Lisbon, Portugal.

Hoppy occasion for couple brought together behind an Innis & Gunn bar

Brewery founder Dougal Sharp said: “We can’t help but feel partly responsible for Jonny and Jess tying the knot – so it felt only right we ply them with free beer."
Four people stand in beekeeper suits holding up jars of honey

Premium hotels give the gift of bees and honey to Southside hospice

A pair of beehives have been donated to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow’s Southside by voco Grand Central and Kimpton Blythswood Square.

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