Access topping tourism agenda

Organisations gather to improve accessibility across industry Accessible tourism took centre stage in Edinburgh 20th September when representatives of more than 20 tourism organisations from...

New resort to land on the shore?

A Boutique hotel, restaurants and lodges form part of a plan for a proposed major new leisure resort on the banks of Loch Lomond. Scottish...

Campaign offers support for staff

Benevolent society offering financial aid to trade workers Licensed trade charity The Ben launches a new campaign today (September 29) encouraging current and former industry...

Students get back to work

A group of young people from Glasgow have become the first participants to complete a new hospitality course designed to help unemployed people get...

A taste of the hospitality industry

HIGH school pupils in Renfrewshire got a taste of the hospitality industry this month thanks to Tennent’s Training Academy and training firm Tree of...

Pub takes a literary leap

Poetry is set to take centre stage at a pub in the Borders village of Carlops next month as staff gear up to host...
The Ship Inn

Scottish venues take AA awards

VENUES from across Scotland were honoured at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on September 26 in this year’s AA Hospitality Awards. The ceremony saw four Scottish...

Spanish group in Scottish debut

Restaurant firm expands north of the border with Glasgow eatery Spanish restaurant group Ibérica is set to make its Scottish debut in Glasgow tomorrow (September...

Trade slams Hogmanay Old Firm clash

OPERATORS and trade groups have criticised the decision to schedule an Old Firm match for Hogmanay, branding the timing of the fixture “senseless”. The Scottish...

Ian Macleod buys Spencerfield

IAN Macleod Distillers has acquired Spencerfield Spirit Company, parent firm of Edinburgh Gin, for an undisclosed sum. The deal has immediate effect and Ian Macleod...

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