Borders drinks firms form a new alliance
THREE Borders drinks firms have joined forces in a bid to increase distribution of their brands.
Born in the Borders is a collaboration between the...
SLTA calls for gaming law review
UK laws governing gaming machines are discriminating against pubs, according to the Scottish Licensed Trade Association.
The trade body has written to business, innovation and...
Glasgow chef strikes gold at awards
BRIAN Maule has beaten competition from across Scotland to be named the country’s top chef.
Maule, who opened his Glasgow restaurant Chardon d’Or (‘golden thistle’)...
Capital Residence named top hotel
EDINBURGH’S The Chester Residence has been named the top hotel in Scotland at this year’s Scottish Hotel Awards – the first time an ‘aparthotel’...
April showers dampen trade
WET weather slowed sales for the operator behind the All Bar One, Browns and O’Neill’s brands in the first quarter of the year, it...
Pub firm rings the changes in Helensburgh
PUB giant JD Wetherspoon has opened a new outlet in Helensburgh, The Henry Bell.
Wetherspoon said the pub, located on the site of a...
Miller to launch microbrewery
FOR the best part of a decade, he headed the Scottish sales operation of one of the world’s biggest brewers. Now Paul Miller, the...
Locals lap up community vibe
WHAT makes a great community bar in 2012?
A good place to ask would seem to be the Deoch an Dorus at Glasgow’s Partick Cross.
The...
Hotel tax row put to bed?
EDINBURGH City Council’s plans to revisit the controversial ‘bed tax’ proposal look to have been thwarted after the Scottish Government said it has no plans to legislate for such a tax. The tourism levy returned to the agenda earlier this month when the recently-elected Labour and SNP administration outlined plans in its coalition agreement to consult on the “viability and legality of a transient visitor levy”.
Booker enhances its on-trade offer
INTEGRATION of the food and drinks businesses it acquired coupled with its ongoing plan to ‘focus, drive and broaden’ the business are helping Booker deliver what chief executive Charles Wilson described as an “unbeatable package for the on-trade”. Speaking as the wholesaler reported a 9.4% increase in total sales to £3.9 billion for the 53 weeks to March 30, Wilson said the scale and logistics capabilities of Booker...
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