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Judy Murray set to serve ‘local legends’

Tennis coach Judy Murray is set to kick off this year’s Scotland Food & Drink Fortnight event with a ‘cook-along’ from Dunblane’s Cromlix Hotel
Staff member with face mask

Confidence is key to staffing success

Thorough staff training can play a critical role in making both staff and customers feel more comfortable in licensed premises in the time of COVID-19

Behind bars: whisky

Two operators share their insights on whisky 
Gordon Campbell Gray

Hotelier optimistic after solid restart

After returning to his native Scotland to oversee the revamp of The Machrie on the Isle of Islay, hotelier Gordon Campbell Gray switched his focus to establishing a new hospitality business in his homeland
The Swan Banton exterior after renovation

Community spirit ignites village pub

The Swan pub in the village of Banton, near Kilsyth, reopened to the public on August 21 more than a year after it closed its doors for refurbishment
Edinburgh Festival crowd

Festival loss hits trade in capital

Edinburgh operators were in “survival mode” last month as they faced an August without the Edinburgh Festival for the first time in over 70 years

Tennent’s enters ‘hard seltzer’ market

Tennent's is targeting the healthier drinking market with the launch of a new range of hard seltzers

Fairlie scholarship reopens for entries

Young chefs working in Scotland have the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience as the Andrew Fairlie Scholarship reopens for entries
Wayne Shurvinton of Belhaven headshot

Pubco extends rent concessions until November

Belhaven Pub Partners has written to its 120 tied tenants in Scotland to inform them that it will continue to reduce rent payments until November

Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival to take place in October

The Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival is to take place from Friday October 9 to Saturday October 10 at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange

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Jack Cummins
LEGAL
Niall Hassard
ONLY DRAMS
Andrew Dowson
Neil Morrison
ASK THE OPERATOR
Neil Morrison
THE GRAPEVINE
Luke Richardson