Price right in Canada
NEW research on minimum pricing from Canada that’s said to show the positive effect the mechanism can have on health has been welcomed by...
Award winners have the X-Factor
TV star Kate Thornton hands prizes to 23 venues, individuals and operators and Harry Hood takes 2012 Award for Industry Achievement as 17th annual...
Arran goes over the sea to Skye
Merged breweries confirm opening of first pub in Glasgow. The newly-merged Isle of Arran and Isle of Skye breweries have confirmed plans to open their first craft beer pub in Glasgow city centre. Arran Brewery plc – the new holding company for the two breweries – has acquired the leasehold of premises in a former bank on the corner of West Regent and Hope Streets
Heineken rings the lease changes
S&N name dropped as brewer relaunches leaseholder agreements. Heineken has become the latest major landlord to revamp its lease deals after announcing sweeping changes to its pubco division. The brewer today unveils a new name for its pub business, broadens its range of leases and builds what it says is greater flexibility into existing deals.
Hilton has high hopes for future
Confidence high at Glasgow hotel after investment in food and drink areas
GLASGOW’S five-star Hilton Hotel is confident the worst of the economic slump is...
VisitScotland to scrap booking facility
Tourism marketing body pledges to help industry find alternative option. VisitScotland has pledged to help hoteliers find alternative third party booking systems after confirming plans to scrap its own online reservations facility next month.
It had to be Harry!
Lanarkshire operator Harry Hood wows the crowd as he accepts the 2012 Award for Industry Achievement, while Ayrshire’s Malcolm Simpson is named Entrepreneur of...
Games joy for JD
MANAGED pub giant JD Wetherspoon is the latest hospitality business to note the positive effect on trade brought by the Olympics.
Posting its first quarter...
Cleaning condition a step too far
PROPOSALS to implement a raft of new mandatory conditions regarding the standard of fixtures and fittings and cleanliness of premises in Dundee have been...
Whitehouse basks in successful term
Awards joy gives Argyll restaurant operators confidence about future.
Scott Wright talks to co-owner Jane Stuart-Smith
A REMOTE rural location is proving to be no barrier...
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