Dean Banks restaurants offer cost-of-living crisis discount deals
Just like every other chef and restaurant owner, Scottish restauranteur Dean Banks is facing a struggle to survive in the business with huge increases in utility bills, food costs and everything else.
Easter Bank Holiday brings a bookings boom
Consumers defied the cost-of-living crisis with a 14% increase in Easter Bank Holiday hospitality bookings compared with 2022.
It is time for some lighter, fresher flavours
With cocktails continuing to be one of the most popular styles of drink in licensed premises, it’s well worth tweaking a drinks range to incorporate summer flavours and appeal to those looking for a longer, lighter drink.Â
Bartender app offers instantaneous drinks industry intelligence
Available for free download from the Apple and Google Play stores now, the Drinktank app makes it simpler and speedier for brands to secure the 'invaluable' insights they need from the heart of the industry.
SpiritFEST showcases whisky and gin in Stirling this autumn
Running from Friday 27th October until Sunday 5th November, SpiritFEST incorporates both the Stirling Gin and Stirling Whisky festivals.
The Jolly Judge scores a hat-trick of CAMRA awards
The Jolly Judge, just off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, has been named as the 2023 winner of the CAMRA Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch’s Overall of Pub of the Year, as well as Edinburgh Pub of the Year and Cider Pub of the Year.
Bearded Brewery upbraided over its Unshaven Maiden cider
A rival brewer complained to the Portman Group on the grounds that the image was ‘unnecessarily sexual’ – a claim that was strenuously denied by the company itself.Â
Ettrickbridge’s Cross Keys Inn brought back to its former glory
The 17th century classic coaching inn now belongs to Rory and Vicki Steel – and Rory, the son of former Liberal Democrat leader, Lord David Steel, spent his first 18 years living across the road.
Glasgow’s Topgolf adds a third tier for teeing off
Located in the city’s Rutherglen, Topgolf offers people of all ages and abilities a new and technologically advanced way of golfing, with food and drink, climate-controlled hitting bays and music.
Whisky & Witches at Leith’s Mother Superior
The stories and music are all tailored to the whiskies and ‘the beasts who embody them’. With each dram there’s a tale and two songs fitting to the theme of each.
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