Profits up for Stella owner

BREWING giant AB InBev has reported a strong financial performance for 2012, with revenues and profits up on the previous year. The Stella Artois...

Quality over the counter

GLASGOW-based catering and retail equipment supplier Quality Equipment Distributors (QED) has launched a new range of serve-over counters, bar modules and retail refrigeration products....

Trade opens its heart to the environment

‘Green’ practices are being adopted by more operators looking to cut costs SCOTTISH operators are waking up to the advantages of environmentally-friendly practices, according to...

The Wine Guy

It’s time to raise a glass for a good cause, writes Guy Chatfield I READ a fantastic article recently describing the situation where, due to...

Makeover of airport hotel gets underway

A HOTEL which has operated at Glasgow airport for more than 40 years is undergoing a major facelift. Work is underway on a £1 million...

Mixed fortunes for Scottish hotels

Northern businesses perform well, but central belt revenues slump SCOTTISH hotels experienced mixed fortunes last year, with revenues in the central belt falling while hotels...

Best Bar None heads east

GLASGOW’S Best Bar None Awards is set to expand into the city’s east end this year. The revamped 2013 awards will extend its reach beyond...

Cider chief takes entrepreneur award

THE owner of Kopparberg Brewery has won a top business award in Sweden. Peter Bronsman was awarded Sweden’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Ernst...

Farewell to a true trade man

JOHN Waterson was one of the great characters of the Scottish trade. Well-known and highly-respected, he had a successful career spanning more than 70...

Petition calls for rates U-turn

BUSINESS leaders have launched a campaign calling on the Scottish Government to scrap its decision to delay by two years the next revaluation of business rates. Commercial property firm Colliers International is behind a petition lodged with the Scottish Parliament that claims the move risks having a “devastating” effect on the retail trade.

Columns

Jack Cummins
LEGAL
Niall Hassard
ONLY DRAMS
Andrew Dowson
Neil Morrison
ASK THE OPERATOR
Neil Morrison
THE GRAPEVINE
Luke Richardson