If your customers can hear music, you can’t shake off music licensing
If you play any form of music in your pub, bar, restaurant, hotel or members’ club in Scotland you will need to have ‘TheMusicLicence’
Politicians who don’t understand the trade make bad decisions
SLTN Award winner Mike Grieve, of Glasgow's Sub Club, calls for better political engagement with Scotland's hospitality businesses
The Buttery keeps its wine list up-to-date with Inverarity Morton
The Buttery lays claim to being the oldest restaurant in Glasgow – but regularly refreshes its menu and its wine list to keep up with the times
Scottish Election hustings confirmed as trade gears up for May vote
Two hustings events will give bar owners and staff a chance to hear from a range of Scottish Parliamentary candidates
HIT Scotland’s 212 scholarships for hospitality workers
HIT scholarships give early-career and mid-level professionals in a variety of roles a ‘springboard’ to add skills and experience
Women-led brewing companies will gather for Dundee festival
Canvas Dundee is to host the first annual Cailleach Festival showcasing the work of Scottish women in beverage, food and art
Government uses and abuses pubs ‘like a convenient cash machine’
“What we’re aiming for isn't revolutionary – get pints below £4, make pub food affordable, make pubs full, thriving places again”
Scotland’s cohort of Michelin-starred restaurants grows to 15
The Michelin Guide has revealed which venues are getting, keeping and losing its endorsement – and in Scotland, there were only gains
Tom and Matilda’s Killiecrankie House gets its first Michelin star
Killiecrankie's new Michelin plaudit comes hot on the heels of it being named as SLTN’s Restaurant of the Year (Fine Dining) for 2025
Michelin Guide honours Scoop Group cocktail guru Ally Shaw
Shaw, head of drinks at Scoop Restaurant Group, received the Exceptional Cocktails Award for his work at Glasgow venue Sebb’s
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