Capital Residence named top hotel
EDINBURGH’S The Chester Residence has been named the top hotel in Scotland at this year’s Scottish Hotel Awards – the first time an ‘aparthotel’...
April showers dampen trade
WET weather slowed sales for the operator behind the All Bar One, Browns and O’Neill’s brands in the first quarter of the year, it...
Pub firm rings the changes in Helensburgh
PUB giant JD Wetherspoon has opened a new outlet in Helensburgh, The Henry Bell.
Wetherspoon said the pub, located on the site of a...
Miller to launch microbrewery
FOR the best part of a decade, he headed the Scottish sales operation of one of the world’s biggest brewers. Now Paul Miller, the...
Locals lap up community vibe
WHAT makes a great community bar in 2012?
A good place to ask would seem to be the Deoch an Dorus at Glasgow’s Partick Cross.
The...
Hotel tax row put to bed?
EDINBURGH City Council’s plans to revisit the controversial ‘bed tax’ proposal look to have been thwarted after the Scottish Government said it has no plans to legislate for such a tax. The tourism levy returned to the agenda earlier this month when the recently-elected Labour and SNP administration outlined plans in its coalition agreement to consult on the “viability and legality of a transient visitor levy”.
Booker enhances its on-trade offer
INTEGRATION of the food and drinks businesses it acquired coupled with its ongoing plan to ‘focus, drive and broaden’ the business are helping Booker deliver what chief executive Charles Wilson described as an “unbeatable package for the on-trade”. Speaking as the wholesaler reported a 9.4% increase in total sales to £3.9 billion for the 53 weeks to March 30, Wilson said the scale and logistics capabilities of Booker...
Pubs benefit from sports Jambo-ree
OPERATORS in Scotland’s two biggest cities are counting the benefits brought by the Scottish Cup Final clash between Hearts and Hibs after customers flocked to pubs to catch the action. The so-called ‘super Saturday’ (May 19) saw the Jambos beat Hibernian 5-1 in the all-Edinburgh final – the first in more than 100 years – at Hampden in Glasgow...
Hoteliers urged to improve connections
HOTELS across the UK could be losing business as a result of poor internet connectivity, according to one service provider.
James Pink, boss of telecommunications...
Single malt embraces the arts
SINGLE malt whisky anCnoc is releasing a series of limited edition bottlings in conjunction with Scottish illustrator Peter Arkle.
In a first for the...
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