Wetherspoon helps raise cash for CLIC
PUB chain JD Wetherspoon has raised £5 million for CLIC Sargent since forming an alliance with the children’s cancer charity in 2002.
Wetherspoon founder...
Venue exchange for Achievers
THE Scottish Wholesale Association’s annual awards ceremony will take place in Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange on February 9.
SWA executive director Kate Salmon said Achievers has...
Sky showing its cuddly side?
PERHAPS it was deliberately timed for the end of the pantomime season.
Sky, for so long a thorn in the side of the trade, made...
Football fixture
THE High Court will next month consider how the ‘Murphy’ ruling on foreign decoders will apply to UK law.
In October European law chiefs ruled...
Crabbie’s bigs up the bard
COCKTAILS and Burns Night might not be a traditional pairing, but it’s a partnership the firm behind Crabbie’s ginger wine aims to highlight this...
Rates scheme brings savings
PUBS and hotels are set to benefit from savings under a Scottish Government business rates relief scheme.
More than half (59%) of hotels are paying...
New laws driving wine sales change
THE introduction of the Alcohol Act late last year is changing the way that Scottish consumers buy their wine.
That’s the view of major producer...
Howies returns to original owner
AN Edinburgh-based restaurant group has returned to its original owner – four months after going into administration.
David Howie Scott founded the Howies chain...
Stars rise in east
Life in the pub trade may not be a bed of roses these days, but a husband and wife team in the east end of Glasgow are showing it can still be profitable – and fun. In an interview with SLTN this issue, as part of our New Year New Career feature, Iain and Katie McLaren explain why they’ve not looked back since leasing The Kimberley Tavern in Tollcross Road in October 2010.
Bartender to leave cocktail Legacy
An Edinburgh bartender has beaten competition from across Scotland to reach the final of the UK-wide Bacardi Legacy cocktail competition. ordon Purnell of The Voodoo Rooms won the regional heat with his Silver Ghost cocktail, which combines Bacardi with lime and apple juices, velvet falernum liqueur, rock candy syrup, egg white and cardamom.
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