Island gets ready to rock
THE Isle of Arran is set to rock next month to its first ever music and ale festival – and licensed trade charity The...
Drambuie plays a numbers game
Whisky liqueur launches new product based on 15 year old Speyside malt
DRAMBUIE is making a play for malt whisky drinkers with the launch of...
Beer drinking – the third way
From October 1, changes in weights and measures legislation will see the legal introduction of the 2/3 pint. Solicitor Stephen McGowan wonders if it...
Di Maggio’s embarks on expansion strategy
Operator makes capital move and rebrands Glasgow outlet after clinching Clydesdale deal
IT seems hardly a week has passed in recent months without the recession...
Brewer adding some sparkle to beer market
Animee designed to restore beer industry’s reputation among women, Molson Coors says
GLOBAL brewer Molson Coors is intensifying its efforts to court female drinkers with...
East meets west as G1 expands
The landscape of Scotland’s independent trade changed again last week when Glasgow-based G1 Group swooped to buy the bulk of Festival Inns’ Edinburgh estate out of administration – and brought together two of the industry’s best known entrepreneurs. G1 boss Stefan King paid a reported £30 million to add the Murrayfield Hotel, Three Sisters, Bank Hotel, and the neighbouring Biddy Mulligans and Grassmarket Hotel, to his 40-strong managed empire.
Euro ruling imminent
The European Court of Justice has confirmed its judgement on the use of foreign decoders to show top flight football in pubs is just weeks away. SLTN can reveal that October 4 has been set as the date it delivers a verdict which could have a huge bearing on how much bars pay to show English Premier League football.
Trade slams PPL licence hike plan
Plans to hike music royalty fees for bars and nightclubs by as much as 4000% were condemned last week by operators and their representatives. Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), which grants the trade copyright licences to play music in public on behalf of its record company and performer members, is aiming to ramp up its tariff for specially featured entertainment (SFE), which covers clubs and DJs in bars and hotels.
St Helier reveals winners
ST Helier Cider has revealed the winners of the first ever St Helier Cider Online Music Awards.
The awards, hosted on a dedicated website, aimed...
Brewer Tastes victory
THE Orkney Brewery has scooped top awards in a national food and drink competition.
Its 4.6% ABV Dark Island beer scooped two Great Taste Awards...
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