Fighting rates rises for seven years
Ardrossan publican is a veteran of dealing with rateable values
By Dave Hunter
Derek Mackay’s recent U-turn on business rates may have brought a sigh of...
Milestone for Tennent’s font
TENNENT’S has reached a major milestone with its new lager font, installing the 1000th at Ayr’s Tam O’Shanter Inn.
The new-look font, which was unveiled...
New look for old town restaurant
EDINBURGH Italian restaurant Divino Enoteca has been relaunched following a six-week refurbishment which saw the venue extended and given an elegant new look.
Tucked under...
Scottish produce in the spotlight
CHEF and restaurateur Shirley Spear is promoting Scotland’s culinary heritage as part of the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology tourism theme.
Spear, owner of...
Capital bars firm hits the big time
Big Red Teapot goes from strength to strength with fourth venue
By Dave Hunter
IT was nearly nine years ago that Martin Luney and Colin Church...
The first cut is the sweetest
Isle of Arran Distillery has broken ground on the site which will be home to its new production facility.
The new distillery at Lagg, in...
More buzz for Ayrshire group
SCOTTISH multiple operator Buzzworks Holdings has again been named in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For.
The Prestwick-based operator made it into...
G1 snaps up The Scotsman Hotel
G1 Group has acquired The Scotsman Hotel in Edinburgh for an undisclosed sum.
The 69 bedroom hotel, which went into liquidation in June 2016, is...
Fairlie in Scottish first
RESTAURANT Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles has become the first Scottish restaurant to be inducted into luxury restaurant collection Les Grandes Tables du Monde.
A collection...
Turret takes some time off
STAFF at Glenturret Distillery feared the worst when distillery cat Turret didn’t turn up for work earlier this month.
Despite searching the site – from...
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