Planning matters for new pubco lessees
SCOTTISH & Newcastle Pub Company has introduced a business planning process that will be compulsory for all new lessees.
The system requires all new lessees...
A little help from the other side
PUBS looking to boost midweek crowds should consider turning to supernatural means.
That’s the suggestion of professional psychic Jane Dawson, who claims pubs, hotels...
S&NPC invests in Scots pubs
SCOTTISH & Newcastle Pub Company is to spend £1.5 million creating additional income streams for its Scottish pubs.
To maximise the impact of the capital...
Cider soars to pip lager levels
CIDER consumption in the UK has soared to nudge ahead of lager, new research has claimed.
The “steep sales growth” experienced by cider in the...
Failures fall, study finds
THE number of UK businesses entering insolvency dipped in January, according to business consultancy Experian.
Figures supplied by the company show that the UK insolvency...
New hotel set to bloom in heart of Commonwealth Games Glasgow
A 160-bedroom Tulip Inn hotel is to be the centrepiece of a proposed new restaurant and retail development in the heart of Glasgow’s Commonwealth...
Visitors can help drive economic recovery
THE importance of tourism to the economy was underlined by Scottish Tourism Forum chair Stephen Leckie as part of this year’s Scottish Tourism Week.
Speaking...
Cig machine appeal due
PLANS by the Scottish Government to ban tobacco vending machines in pubs could yet be overturned – despite the latest failure of attempts to...
Rey takes the helm at Sky
DAVID Rey has taken the helm at Sky Business after previous managing director Iain Holden stepped down after 20 years.
Rey, who was commercial director...
G&M raises glass to great year for malt
BENROMACH, the malt whisky owned and distilled by Gordon & MacPhail, has reported a strong 12 months of trading that saw it increase sales...
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Jack Cummins
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Luke Richardson
