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THE final preparations are being made in the Scottish trade for events marking the birth of Robert Burns tomorrow (January 25). Luxury hotel Ackergill Tower...

IT’S not just because St Valentine’s Day is approaching that love is in the air at a top Ayrshire hotel. The four-star venue at Ayr...

SCOTTISH Licensed Trade News is to have a new editor – for only the fifth time since the paper was established in 1964. Gillian McKenzie,...

ONLINE ‘intelligent wholesale’ business Ooberstock is on track for expansion after securing more than £600,000 in a second round of fundraising. Arran Heal, who set...

SCOTTISH Licensed Trade News is to have a new editor – for only the fifth time since the paper was established in 1964. Gillian McKenzie,...

HIGHLAND licensing board has scrapped the midnight curfew it imposed on nightclubs. The board abolished the door entry restriction, which prevented late night venues from...

A HOTEL firm with properties in Oban, Fort William and Dunoon has acquired a new hotel in Grangemouth, after securing funding from Santander. SGE Hotels...

HIGH-profile licensing lawyer Stephen McGowan has been appointed chairman of professional standards body the BII in Scotland. The solicitor, who moved from Lindsays to become...

JD Wetherspoon launches latest Scottish pub in Rutherglen PUB giant JD Wetherspoon has opened its latest pub north of the border in Rutherglen. An Ruadh Ghleann,...

SCOTTISH Government plans to stop members’ clubs abusing the licensing system have been welcomed by the trade. The Further Options for Alcohol Licensing consultation, launched before Christmas, has seen ministers respond to long-held concerns from operators that some clubs are “abusing either the letter or the spirit of the rules by operating in direct competition with local licensed premises” – despite enjoying certain privileges and not being subject to the same restrictions as mainstream pubs.