Groups welcome tourism figures
TOURISM groups have welcomed new figures which showed the number of tourists visiting Scotland last year was up 5% to more than 15 million.
The...
Stonegate snaps up Maclay pubs
THE pub group behind the Slug and Lettuce, Living Room and Yates’s brands has bought 15 former Maclay Inns pubs and hotels.
Stonegate Pub Company...
Sky freezes pub prices
SKY has announced a price freeze for pubs and clubs for the 2015/16 football season.
The announcement follows a new deal that will see Sky...
Pubs welcome beer tie study
Pubco reform campaigners have welcomed a Scottish Government pledge to investigate the impact of the beer tie in Scotland.
Speaking at the Scottish Parliament last...
CPL strikes training gold
CPL Training Group was awarded the Scottish Training Award at this year’s BII Scotland Awards.
The training firm picked up the gong at the event,...
Trade calls for wage mitigation
Implementing the living wage could add around 20% to operators’ wage bills, which many in the trade could not afford in the current climate,...
Basement whisky bar opens
A new whisky bar has opened in the basement of Ryan’s Bar in the west end of Edinburgh.
Usquabae Whisky Bar & Larder claims to...
Islay trade set for summer boost
Operators welcome Loganair decision to add extra flights to island
By Gillian McKenzie
Operators and distillers on Islay could benefit from an extra tourism boost this...
Budding Ayrshire chefs on course
Seven budding chefs from North Ayrshire have celebrated the completion of a ten-week cookery programme.
Run by the charity Springboard Scotland, Let’s Cook taught young chefs...
A different take on Scotch
ENCOURAGING people to look differently at Scotch whisky was the name of the game at a Haig Club-sponsored event in Edinburgh this month.
Create:Eat:Whisky, organised...
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