Aussie firm has Scottish plans

Communication key to growth, says Antipodean winemaker AN Australian wine firm is eyeing growth in the Scottish on-trade after picking up the title of International...

Trade show is back in town

SCOTTISH tourism and hospitality trade show ScotHot will return to Glasgow in March. Organisers claim the 2017 show, which takes place at the SECC on...

Soba sets sights on seven more

Outside investment fuels a major expansion GLASGOW-based bar and restaurant chain Bar Soba is preparing for a major expansion which will more than double its...

Hotel association’s new faces focus on training

Stevens and Fisher appointed joint chairs of GGHA The Greater Glasgow Hoteliers Association (GGHA) has appointed a new leadership team as it aims to improve...

Sugar tax draft law published

Levy on added-sugar scheduled for April 2018 THE UK Government has today (December 5) published draft legislation on a sugar levy scheduled to come into...

The Spanish Butcher opens its doors

GLASGOW restaurateurs James and Louise Rusk have opened their latest venue, The Spanish Butcher, in Glasgow’s Merchant City. Setting up shop at 80 Miller Street,...

Prestwick bar to put charity first this Christmas

Staff at 7 Saints will work for free with all takings going to local children’s charities A PRESTWICK bar has committed to give something back...

Aberdeen board denies extension

ABERDEEN licensing board has rejected a bid for extended hours from the firm behind nightclub Redemption that would have seen it become the city’s...

A top tap for the top pint

A FONT fit for pouring the best pint in Scotland was installed at the Airlie Arms Bar & Hotel this month after the Kirriemuir...

Take note

Bartender Sean Cavanagh of Liquor Library in Edinburgh won the Scottish heat of the Jefferson’s Barrel Aged Cocktail Competition 2016. His Jefferson’s Independent cocktail...

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