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A CAMPAIGN to levy a tax on sugary drinks is another example of the licensed trade being treated as a “cash cow”, according to one of the UK’s biggest pub chains. JD Wetherspoon says proposals put forward by the charity Sustain would heap pressure on an industry already paying more than its fair share to the Treasury. More than 60 organisations, including Friends of the Earth, the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, have backed a report calling on the government to implement the tax at the next Budget.

FORMER alcohol and tobacco policy chief Mary Cuthbert OBE is to chair the first meeting of Scotland’s new National Licensing Forum later this month. As...

HUNDREDS of small and medium-sized enterprises around the UK, including Scottish hospitality businesses, may be in line for compensation from their banks after an initial probe by the City regulator found widespread mis-selling of products designed to protect businesses from fluctuations in interest rates. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced last July it planned to investigate what it said were “serious failings in the sale of IRHPs” (interest rate hedging products).

A WIDE range of food and drinks suppliers will be at ScotHot’s 40th anniversary trade show next month. Companies confirmed to exhibit at the event...

FOOTBALL legend Eric Cantona raises a glass to the “hero hop farmers of Alsace” in his latest acting role. The Man United legend, whose film...

Victor Brierley, founder of Scotch training course TWA, will be among the hospitality names taking the stage to offer business advice at ScotHot. Director...

SCOTHOT organisers are celebrating 40 years of the trade show by inviting people to walk down memory lane and share their photographic memories of...

VISITORS to ScotHot in Glasgow next month will have the chance to hear the thoughts of the best emerging talent in the Scottish hospitality...

AN industry gathering hosted by law firm Tods Murray this month will look at ways hospitality businesses can access funding in the challenging economic...

NOW that the festive season is well behind us, do you know how your wines sales went over the piece? From what I’ve read,...