The team from Sofi’s in Edinburgh celebrate their National Champion award.

Best Bar None sweeps the nation

PUBS from across Scotland celebrated victory at the Best Bar None Awards last week. Leith bar Sofi’s was crowned Best Bar None National Champion and...
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Tennent’s helps heroes with training

TENNENT Caledonian has teamed up with veterans’ charity Help for Heroes for a new initiative to help injured soldiers get back into work. Through...

Listing win for Deeside

A CRAFT brewery in Banchory has secured listings for two of its beers with supermarket chain Sainsbury’s. The deal will see two Deeside Brewery...

Whisky lager is launched

HARVIESTOUN Brewery has teamed up with the Glenfarclas Distillery to release limited edition whisky barrel-aged lager Orach Slie. The beer is a variant of Harviestoun’s...

Scots take top gin trophies

TWO Scottish gin brands have triumphed against rivals from across the UK and abroad to take trophies at the World Gin Awards. Darnley’s View,...

Licensees get digital lesson

BELHAVEN has launched two training courses aimed at helping licensees utilise social media. Launched across the company’s tenanted and leased estate, the workshops are said...
SIBA

CAMRA boss in SIBA move

CAMRA chief executive Mike Benner is to leave the organisation to become managing director of trade group the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). Benner,...

Trade call on VAT activity

LOBBYING group the Jacques Borel VAT Club is encouraging hospitality businesses across the UK to lower the price of food and drink for one...
Glass half full: the Budget has largely been welcomed by the industry.

‘Unprecedented’ tax cut welcomed

Escalator a thing of the past as duty is reduced by 1p a pint on beer TRADE groups and drinks firms have welcomed chancellor George...
Arran MD Gerald Michaluk.

Japanese move for Scots brewer

THE Arran Brewery has announced plans to open Scotland’s first sake brewery following the acquisition of a five-acre site in Dreghorn. The property, a...

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