Greene King raises £3.8 million for Macmillan Cancer Support
Up £800k on the previous year, 2023’s charity total is the equivalent of £434 raised every hour of every day of the year, and is enough to fund 82,353 Macmillan nursing hours.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club opens the UK’s first in-stadium hotel
The Edinburgh-based Scottish Premiership football club now boasts 25 brand new bedrooms and extra events space within the main stand of its Tynecastle Park stadium in the west of the city.Â
Eat Out Edinburgh plans to bring a month of extra footfall to the city...
Essential Edinburgh reported an ‘incredible response’ to 2023's Eat Our Edinburgh campaign, which involved a slew of set menu deals and curated special offers from restaurants, cafés, and bars within the BID.
Stirling MP leads Westminster debate on hospitality sector support
“Both the UK and Scottish Governments, along with local authorities, must wake up and realise the calamity facing the sector - the beer and pub sector alone accounts for 936,000 jobs and £26 billion to the economy."
Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival prepares to celebrate its 25th year
Now promoted as one of the world’s largest whisky festivals, 2024’s Spirit of Speyside will involve more than 650 events held at 85 venues, including many of the 51 whisky distilleries spread across the region
Hybrid hospitality concept ‘The Social Hub’ to make UK debut in Glasgow
Combining a four-star hotel, extended stay and student rooms, work and event spaces, bar, restaurant, shop and community kitchen, the venue opens in the Merchant City this April, creating 80 local jobs.
Absolut brings in ‘changemakers’ to promote diversity
The new participants are Lady Phyll, founder of UK Black Pride; Trina Nicole, founder of the Curve Catwalk community for plus size dancers; and ShayShay, of The Bitten Peach cabaret for the queer Asian community.
Dundee’s Hotel Indigo to get a new bar as part of £1million refurbishment
The refurbishment will also involve the addition of ‘co-working spaces’ to the hotel's lobby, with much-sought-after city centre parking, branded coffee, and pastries available to purchase throughout the day.Â
Scotland must let hospitality businesses ‘thrive rather than survive’
DESPITE challenging conditions, independent bar and restaurant operator Buzzworks Holdings is pressing on with plans to double the size of its business, and in so doing create 800 new hospitality jobs.
Eden Mill claims a share of Edinburgh’s drinks tourism boom
Located in the Heads & Tales Gin Bar at 1A, Rutland Place, EH1 2AD in the heart of the city’ West End, the venue will offer two interactive mixology experiences, focussed on Eden Mill’s signature gin and whisky brands.
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