Brewer’s search for Best golfers
EIGHTEEN amateur golfers – and Belhaven customers – will fly out to Portugal next month for the final of the annual Belhaven Best Golf...
Brewers join Best Bar None
GLOBAL brewers Heineken and Molson Coors have signed up as sponsors of Best Bar None Scotland.
The beer firms join lead sponsor Diageo in funding...
Sky clears to reveal Cloud hotspots
SKY is giving its broadband customers greater access to wi-fi around the UK.
The new service will provide Sky Broadband customers with a downloadable...
Punch bids to boost food sales
PUNCH Taverns has signalled its intention to boost food sales across its core estate.
The pubco said last week that it would be ramping up...
Operators split on future prospects
THE hospitality industry remains split over business prospects in 2012, new research has suggested.
A survey carried out by consultant Baker Tilly found that...
Turn up the heat on summer drinks
THE unseasonally warm spell at the end of March followed by snow and ice in early April confirmed that it’s probably wise to expect...
Tourism under global spotlight
SCOTLAND’S tourism industry will be under the global spotlight later this month when hundreds of international ‘buyers’ attend the annual VisitScotland Expo.
Almost 600 tour...
No stane unturned in hotel revamp
EDINBURGH’S Dunstane House Hotel has been given a new look, blending the building’s Victorian features with contemporary design.
Owners Shirley and Derek Mowat, who bought...
Beer joins whisky in export drive
FOR seven years in a row exports of Scotch whisky have risen steadily, making a welcome contribution to the UK’s balance of trade.
Now the...
Clubs actions under scrutiny
THE Scottish Government is poised to take action against members’ clubs claimed to be abusing the licensing system. The disclosure comes in a letter from the government to the manager of an Elgin bar, restaurant and bowling alley. Bowl 2000 complained to ministers that mainstream operators in Moray were losing trade unfairly to clubs which are effectively functioning as commercial businesses.
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