Steady six months for property sector
STEADY rather than spectacular transactional activity has typified the property market in the first half of 2012, according to Christie & Co.
Publishing its first...
Beer matching offers food for thought
FOOD matching has become a popular technique for promoting world beer brands, with several major brewers actively promoting their brands for consumption with different...
The Wine Guy
I WAS reading an article online last week about a plot of 200 year old French vines located in the south of the country...
Bartender shows his Bru colours
SLTN Mixologist of the Year Andy Thompson reckons experimenting is the key to cocktail success.
HE may not have realised it at the time, but...
Brewer brands wine and spirits division
Launch of Crown Cellars aims to promote Carlsberg as ‘one stop shop’
CARLSBERG UK has given a discrete identity to its wine and spirits division...
Domestic boost for UK malt sales
New figures suggest spirit is starting to replicate its export success
A GROWING appreciation for malt whisky, including among younger drinkers, has been credited with...
Wine retailer ramps up on-trade focus
Majestic seeks to supply more pubs after strong results
WINE merchant Majestic is seeking to grow the number of on-trade businesses it supplies after posting...
Lending pledge welcomed
THE coalition government’s latest scheme to boost bank lending to SMEs (small and medium-sized businesses) has received a cautious welcome from a small business...
Alcohol strategy is failing, shops group tells ministers
INDEPENDENT shops group the Scottish Grocers Federation has hit out at the Scottish Government’s alcohol strategy, insisting that further regulation is “not the answer”....
Everybody needs good neighbours
Bo’ness pub and next door microbrewery driving each other to success
A CHANCE conversation between friends in a pub sowed the seeds of a business...
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