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Glasgow institution Maggie May’s is getting a £500,000 refurbishment – and rebranding as Maggie’s Rock ‘n’ Rodeo, Scotland’s first country-music themed bar.

Belhaven hit the top spot twice at The 2023 Icons of Beer Awards, winning Visitor Attraction of the Year for the second time in a row, while the brewery’s brand manager, Fiona Matheson, was named Visitor Attraction Manager of the Year.

Shocked by the untimely loss of a rugby-mad teenager, Highland Perthshire bar and restaurant owner Richard Drummond resolved to raise money for youth mental health charity BraveMind for the duration of the Rugby World Cup.

If Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone survives its imminent judicial review, many hospitality businesses may seriously consider relocating to more financially viable non-city centre sites.

Wolfie’s is a blended Scotch described as being a ‘unique blend of rock-n-roll roots, Americana and Scottish heritage’. 

Tommy and Jacqueline Fox weren’t the only licensees to have their plans disrupted in 2020, but that won’t have made the delayed opening of The Barrelman any easier to take. 

The Golden Gorse Restaurant and Bar Ross open on August 28, championing seasonality and local suppliers, and giving guests with an authentic taste of the Highlands. 

The Galloway distillery hailed ‘an exciting new era’, allowing founders Graham Taylor and Craig Rankin to expand on six years of ‘pushing the boundaries’ of taste and quality.

SMWS already has similar subsidiary operations in China and Japan, as well as franchise partners in Malaysia and South Korea.  

Now open to the public, the hotel’s interior design is said to ‘pay homage’ to Glasgow’s seafaring history, making maximum use of views out across the river.