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High speed connections ‘can’t come soon enough’ MOVES to upgrade Scotland’s broadband and mobile phone networks have been welcomed by hospitality industry groups, which warn...

OPERATORS Brian and Jane Flynn have assumed full control of Falkirk pub Behind the Wall. The Flynns, who have been involved with the bar since...

Growing international interest in whisky yields economic benefits THE extent of the mutually-beneficial relationship between the whisky and tourism industries has been further highlighted by...

Administrators acting on behalf of Castle Inns have confirmed they have opened dialogue with prospective buyers for the Striling-based leisure group. The business, which employs 400 full and part-time staff in a range of freehold and leased pubs and clubs across central Scotland, went into administration on July 8 after running into “significant cash flow difficulties”.

Old Firm in TV action on season’s opening weekend as SPL kicks off earlier than usual THERE’S no doubt it’s been an exciting summer of...

But SLTA insists football TV bills should have been cut for pubs SKY Business has given Scottish pubs some welcome breathing space after confirming its...

GLASGOW design firm Surface ID has scooped two awards at the national Restaurant and Bar Design Awards in London. Surface beat competition from five London...

Pub giant Punch Taverns is poised to split into two separate companies on August 1. The demerger, which was announced in March following a strategic review of the company, will see its tenanted and managed divisions separated to form two listed pub companies. It comes nine years after Punch first demerged its managed division, the then Spirit Group Holdings, before buying it back in January 2006.

A successful appeal by the operators of a Glasgow lap dancing club against the board’s decision to refuse its licence application may lead to a “dramatic erosion” of licensing board powers. Solicitor Stephen McGowan said the Court of Session decision to refer the application back to the board for reconsideration has major implications in terms of matters boards can seek to control and the conditions they can attach to a licence which are not “expressly linked” to the sale of alcohol.

Keeping empty properties secure can be cheaper in the long-run EMPTY pubs and restaurants are not exciting, writes Mark Cosh of vacant property management firm...