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PERTHSHIRE-based bottled water firm Highland Spring is on track to bottle and sell a record 400 million litres this year. The milestone was unveiled as...

APPLICATIONS are now being taken for a scheme designed to identify and nurture talent in the Scottish wholesale industry. The Scottish Wholesale Association is inviting...

OFF-trade retail group Scotmid has posted “stronger results than anticipated” for the six months to the end of July. Turnover rose £1.7 million to £211.1m...

THE wholesale trade was shocked yesterday (October 2) with the news that specialist drinks supplier WaverleyTBS has slid into administration. As many as 830 jobs are on the line at 18 sites across the UK, including 16 in Glasgow, as administrators at Deloitte commit to finding a buyer for the Chesterfield-based firm.

Mark Greenaway aims for top accommodation trading at capital venue MARK Greenaway has set his sights on securing a five-star restaurant with rooms grading for...

JOHN Gilligan has taken the helm at Tennent’s as part of a new management structure brought in by parent company C&C Group. Gilligan, who joined...

GLASGOW private members’ club 29 has launched its new Moet & Chandon roof terrace bar. The Champagne brand invested a claimed £30,000 in the...

Merger of historic groups aims to bring lobbying strength and benefits A STRONGER lobbying force for the trade in the north east has come to...

A SECOND attempt to allow councils to ban lap dancing clubs is unlikely to cause existing venues to close, a leading lawyer claimed last week. Sandra White, the SNP MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, has revived her bid to empower local authorities to impose blanket bans on adult entertainment venues in their area, after her previous attempt was defeated in parliament in 2010. Believing lap dancing clubs to be “exploitative”, “demeaning to women” and sometimes linked to criminal activity.

Donald MacLeod tells Scott Wright why the time was right for CPL and Carlo Citti to launch The Garage and Campus up in the...