Time running out to enter Jägermeister’s Meister Hunter

Bartenders only have a few days left to enter this year’s Jägermeister Meister Hunter cocktail competition.

It’s happy hour again as Paul Heaton rolls into town for TRNSMT

Publican popstar Paul Heaton is playing in Glasgow tonight, and has once again supported the on-trade by putting money behind a number of local bars so fans in the know can go in and have a drink on him.

Net Zero Now and Coca-Cola call on operators to cut their carbon emissions

The UK hospitality sector produces around eight million tonnes of CO2 annually, which makes action an immediate priority. We are already overshooting the 2050 target of keeping warming below 1.5c.

Whisky firm gifts Coronation Laphroaig set to HM Queen Camilla

The special sets were launched in time for the Coronation weekend back in May, sequentially numbered with only 150 produced, selling out globally within a week. 

Australian acrobats get ‘Upside Down’ with Leith’s Pilot brewery

The partnership provides an "incredible opportunity to decrease the stigma around ‘unladylike’ drinking habits, and encourage more female representation in the brewing industry".

Scots hotel tech firm signs up its 200th hotel – and aims for more

Highland hoteliers Richard Drummond and Jon Erasmus developed Hop after becoming frustrated by what they described as ‘out-dated and expensive’ hotel software systems.

Crolla family saddles up for new ‘East Coast Harbour’ Race 

East Coast Restaurant and Fish & Chips Takeaway in Musselburgh hopes that the ‘East Coast Harbour’ handicap on Tuesday 25th July will help raise funds for The Fisherrow Harbour & Seafront Association.

AU Vodka emerges unscathed from Portman Group scrutiny

Complaints made against AU Vodka Bubblegum and AU Vodka GOAT have not been upheld by the alcohol industry’s Independent Complaints Panel, the Portman Group.

Family-owned hotel group backs Scotland’s Air Ambulance

Funds for SCAA will be raised by hotel employees across the hotel group’s eight properties, as well as guests who pass through its doors throughout the year, with a number of activities already earmarked to kick off fundraising.

Banana peel wins it for Buzzworks’ new Iron Bartender

Ayr bartender Elaine Ward has won Buzzworks’ annual barstaff competition, leading the field with a sustainable – but reportedly delicious – cocktail featuring recycled banana peel.

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