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Edinburgh takes eight gongs and Glasgow six as cities dominate 16th annual Awards. The finalists lined up from all over the country, but in the end it was all about Scotland’s two biggest cities. People and venues from Edinburgh and Glasgow dominated the honours list as the 16th SLTN Awards were unveiled by celebrity host Denise Van Outen.

Glasgow brewer slams pubco for going public with price negotiations. Tennent Caledonian Breweries has hit back at Punch Taverns after the pubco told leaseholders to consider ditching its flagship brand. A public row erupted between the brewer and pubco last week when press reports suggested TCB had pushed through a price increase that would see the cost of a pint of Tennent’s go up by as much as 40p in Punch pubs.

Bar and nightclub operators have cautiously welcomed a music licensing company’s decision to delay a proposed hike in the fees it charges to play music. Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), which grants copyright licences to play music on behalf of its record company and performer members, has written to licensees pledging to defer controversial plans to up its tariff for specially featured entertainment (SFE), which covers DJs in clubs, pubs and hotels, until January 2013 at the earliest.

THE team at Bruce & Co is bullish about conditions in Scotland’s licensed property market – and not without good reason. Sales are up year-on-year...

CHARAN Gill, the man who built the Ashoka restaurant chain, and Petra Wetzel, owner of Glasgow’s West bar and brewery, have been lined up...

A GLASGOW pub firm is proving that recession can be a time of opportunity as well as threat by confirming plans to grow its...

SIGNATURE Pub Group has sold Aberdeen inn The Bieldside to local operator PB Devco. The sale, for an undisclosed sum from an asking price of...

THE Hilton Grosvenor in Glasgow’s west end is to be refurbished to the tune of £1.3 million. The project will give the hotel’s 96 bedrooms...

Edinburgh's licensed trade was on song last Thursday night as West End musical star Denise Van Outen hosted the SLTN Awards in Glasgow. Capital operators were singing from the rooftops after scooping eight of the 21 prizes up for grabs as Scotland’s leading trade publication toasted the country’s best licensed venues and individuals. But Edinburgh didn’t have it all its own way: Glasgow took six awards and there were winners from towns all over the country, from Fraserburgh to the Borders.

MUCH like there remain questions to be answered over the Liam Fox-Adam Werritty affair, the recent European judgement on foreign decoders has left no...