Eddie brings Big Apple to Partick

Operator relishing comeback at New York Kitchen IT wasn’t Frank Sinatra’s rousing tribute to the Big Apple that greeted SLTN the day it visited Partick’s...

Trade can tap in to accessible tourism

Conference will highlight importance of meeting all visitors’ needs SCOTLAND’S hospitality and tourism businesses are leading the way when it comes to accessibility –...

Trade reclaims desire for design

Demand for vintage furniture driven by current trends and economy RECLAIMED and second-hand furniture is being used in a growing number of bar and restaurant...

New editor at SLTN

SCOTTISH Licensed Trade News is to have a new editor – for only the fifth time since the paper was established in 1964. Gillian McKenzie,...

Campus carries on playing it safe

Two-time SLTN Award winner Carlo Citti talks to Gillian McKenzie about entertainment and social responsibility at the Glasgow venue ASK Carlo Citti what he reckons...

Aberdeen operator bets on a bright pub future

Former bingo hall manager relishing new challenge. FOR Alistair Tares, the decision to take on his own pub wasn’t so much a gamble as the...

Odds looking good for Alea

Casino set to celebrate five years in business. THE stakes were high when the Alea casino threw open its doors in March 2008. An eye-popping £25...

Dunkeld is exception to the Hilton rule

Perthshire resort driving business by doing things differently EVEN the biggest global brands allow for some local flexibility, it seems. Hilton Dunkeld House is part of...

Whisky champ in backing plea

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...

Rates delay bad news for trade

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’.

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