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Jon Beach, four-time winner of the SLTN Whisky Bar of the Year award, urges distillers to do more to support the on-trade. THE whisky industry...

TIMING, so the mantra goes, is the golden rule of comedy. That being the case, one can only conclude that finance minister John Swinney has no delusions of abandoning the day job in favour of a role as a stand-up. Take last week’s announcement by the Scottish Government that it intends to fall in line with Westminster and delay the next rating revaluation from 2015 until 2017. While the subject of property rates can never be described as a laughing matter, there was some irony in the fact the decision came in a consultation paper titled ‘Supporting Business – Promoting Growth’.

Operators aim to bring back the glory days at The Stag A NEW chapter has opened in the story of one of Aberdeen’s most cherished...

Specialist store owners hopeful of bumper period as gifting season gets into full swing THE first day of advent marks, in the Christian calendar at...

RYAN’S Bar brought festive cheer to the west end of Edinburgh when it flicked the switch on its Christmas lights display. The event doubled as...

Malmaison and Hotel du Vin unaffected by MWB Group problems STRONG sales and profits have been recorded across the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin groups...

Entrepreneur wants to put area on the map for more than just malt A NEW craft brewery has been launched in Speyside – the heart...

Campus and The Arches take inaugural lifetime achievement awards CAMPUS and The Arches took the inaugural lifetime achievement awards as more than 80 Glasgow venues...

TV star Kate Thornton hands prizes to 23 venues, individuals and operators and Harry Hood takes 2012 Award for Industry Achievement as 17th annual...

Confidence high at Glasgow hotel after investment in food and drink areas GLASGOW’S five-star Hilton Hotel is confident the worst of the economic slump is...