Capital bar in full bloom after revamp
One of Edinburgh’s oldest gay venues gets a new lease of life
IT’S a thought for most people to up sticks and relocate 400 miles...
Views mixed on Gers’ fate
Trade gives opinions as newco Rangers awaits key vote. Football pubs have been giving SLTN their views on the potential impact on trade if the new Rangers is barred from Scotland’s top football league. SPL clubs will vote on July 4 on whether to admit Charles Green’s Rangers’ newco into Scotland’s top league, with Hearts, Hibs and Dundee United already saying ‘no’.
Ambitious tourism targets unveiled
Strategy outlines plans to grow visitor spend by £1 billion by 2020. AN ambitious industry-led plan to boost Scotland’s tourism revenues by £1 billion by 2020 has been unveiled. Launching its Tourism Scotland 2020 growth strategy last week, The Scottish Tourism Alliance, which is comprised of trade associations, businesses and marketing groups, said all corners of the industry must work together if the growth target is to be realised.
Pubco unleashes ground force
GREEN fingered members of Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company’s property team got their hands dirty last month when they stepped in to help Scotland’s...
VisitScotland’s Brave new campaign
TOURISM body VisitScotland has launched its biggest-ever global marketing campaign on the back of new Disney Pixar animation Brave.
Anticipated to reach an audience of...
Beer boost as fans watch England
ENGLAND’S Euro 2012 quarter-final clash with Italy on Sunday (June 24) was expected to have produced a major spike in beer sales around the...
Accor ramps up staff training
HOTELS group Accor is to invest £5 million in a new staff training programme.
The firm, whose branded hotels include Ibis, Novotel and Mercure, has...
SWA begins centenary celebrations
SCOTTISH national poet Liz Lochhead kicked off the centenary celebrations of the Scotch Whisky Association in Edinburgh last week.
Lochhead recited her specially-commissioned poem, ‘For...
Big spender opens door for distillers
DIAGEO’S plans to ramp up whisky production over the next five years will ultimately benefit smaller single malt producers.
The country’s biggest Scotch producer says...
Scotch centre hosts spirits challenge
THE prestigious International Spirits Challenge has taken place on Scottish soil.
A judging panel comprising experts from Japan, Sweden, the USA, Ireland and Scotland assembled...
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