An old warehouse converted into a music and arts venue, seen from above

SWG3 celebrates 20 years of creativity, collaboration, and cultural evolution

In partnership with The Clydeside Distillery, a unique, limited-edition whisky is being released to celebrate SWG3's long involvement with artist Jim Lambie.
A young man in white clothes holds up a drink with a pyramidal ice cube in it

Diageo World Class Cocktail Festival reveals its Scottish participants

Built around bartenders named within the Top 100 finalists of Diageo World Class 2025, the festival aims to ‘elevate cocktail culture nationwide’
Smartly dressed kitchen staff at work in a modern kitchen

Major kitchen investment gives Restaurant Andrew Fairlie a fresh boost

"We recognised that there were parts of the kitchen that didn’t work as well as they could – so we decided to do something about it."
A warmly lit bar, viewed from the street at night

Aberdeen’s Bar Ninety-Nine revived in surprise move by hospitality trio

Only two weeks after being closed down, seemingly for good, the popular bar is being re-opened by Adrian Gomes, Stephen McNab and Martin Farmer.
A businessman raises a pint outside a sandstone building

Lomond Leisure and Star Pubs seek to breathe new life into vintage site

The Sandyford Place site – which for many years operated as McPhabbs – will close after last orders on 30th March, to be transformed into Gael & Grain.
Two men stand holding golf balls, in front of a statue of Rabbie Burns

Golf-X venue promises to be a ‘gamechanger’ for the social scene in Ayr

Founded by Cristiano Simeone and Scott Hannah, the new venture is said to be the result of a six-figure investment in transforming the space.
Three men stand smiling in a newly renovated traditional bar

Royal Mile Tavern rises from the ashes after extensive rebuild and upgrade

The Iona Pub Partnership stressed that every effort had been made to ‘not only restore but enhance’ the Tavern for future generations of pubgoers to enjoy.
An elegant young man in sunglasses walks through a city holding flowers and champagne

House of Gods hotel scores a first with Pharrell Williams champagne launch

House of Gods will host the Pharrell x Moët&Chandon Limited Edition debut alongside London’s Harrods and Camden's House of Koko.
A young ginger comedian on stage

Blackfriars of Bell St funds comedian Jack Traynor’s Edinburgh Fringe debut

Blackfriars Basement is one of Scotland’s original comedy venues – Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges and Susie McCabe have graced its stage over the past 30 years.
A barperson pours a pink cocktail

Neon nights in NQ64 can now start in daytime following license update

Since opening its doors in March 2022, this ‘adult-only gaming and drinking den’ has been to the fore of the competitive socialising trend.
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