A double win for family distiller
FAMILY-owned drinks firm Ian Macleod Distillers has been crowned a double winner at the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards.
The company won the Drinks...
Raasay set for first distillery
A SMALL Hebridean island off the coast of Skye is poised to become home to a new distillery.
R&B Distillers, which was set up in...
Partnership better than legislation
PARTNERSHIPS between government and the trade are the best answer to tackling Scotland’s alcohol issues – not further legislation.
That was the message from Diageo’s Mark...
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,...
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...
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,...
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