Simon Keane’s strategy for Malone’s pubs and spirits – go big or go home
At a time when many hospitality businesses have battened down the hatches against the economic storm, the Malone family has correctly read the conditions and steered a course to success.
Sales of vegan and vegetarian meals continued to grow in 2023
Analysis of over 2.7 million meals sold across 285 of Sodexo’s UK and Ireland client sites in 2023 has found that 11% were vegan or vegetarian, up from the 10% reported in the previous year.
King Tut’s world-beating Wah Wah Hut puts Glasgow on the musical map
Glasgow-based music promotion powerhouse DF Concerts has once again punched way above its weight in the world rankings for gig tickets sold and show grosses.
Young adults are the biggest consumers of low and no alcohol alternatives
44% of 18-to-24 year olds surveyed said that they had drank alcohol alternatives occasionally or regularly, a big increase on the 31% recorded in 2022.
North Point launches Scotland’s newest Highland single malt whisky
Award-winning craft spirit producer North Point Distillery, of Thurso on Scotland’s north coast, has unveiled its new Highland single malt whisky brand, Dalclagie.
Hospitality industry workers three times more likely to be smokers
Health experts have called on hospitality venue operators and management to do more to wean their staff off cigarettes, as the sector has become a stubborn bastion of the unhealthy habit.
Gravity Beer Festival is coming back to Edinburgh’s Summerhall
The festival, organised by Barney’s Beer, brought over 900 visitors to Edinburgh’s Summerhall in 2023. For 2024, it has increased capacity to 1500 visitors over three public and one trade sessions.
A little wagamama help gyoza long way for career-minded female prisoners
A team of chefs from Asian restaurant chain wagamama visited all-female HMP Downview in Surrey recently, offering cooking classes to help attract inmates into hospitality careers after release.
Edinburgh’s Copper Blossom relaunches looking towards 2024’s cocktail trends
The George St venue now boasts contemporary decor, revamped lunch and dinner menus and a ‘buzz for bubbles’ feature where a button summons a bottle of prosecco to their table.
Parliamentary praise for Peterculter’s The Ploughman restaurant and bar
The Ploughman, a local pub and restaurant noted for its traditional Scottish fayre, is co-owned by Alistair Dornan and Simon Cruickshank, who assumed ownership of the business in 2019.
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