Group dives into the Blue
GLASGOW bar The Big Blue has expanded its outdoor dining space in time for summer, with the introduction of new seating and the opening...
New quest for wholesale Achievers
THE latest annual quest to find Scotland’s best wholesale businesses is now underway.
Now in its tenth year, Scottish Wholesale Achievers aims to recognise excellence...
MasterChef Tim brews up
BBC MasterChef champ Tim Anderson took time out the kitchen recently to help the team at Alva’s Harviestoun Brewery cook up a batch of...
Sun shines on Magners sales
GOOD weather and the sequence of bank holidays in April and May provided some respite from “challenging” trading conditions, the firm behind Tennent’s lager...
City chiefs launch alcohol crackdown
Task force set up to tackle Glasgow’s ‘booze culture’
TOUGHER sanctions for off-sales caught selling alcohol to under 18s is one of a number of...
The Famous Grouse Famous Pubs 2011
The Famous Grouse launches campaign to find the UK's most famous pub
Following on from the success of The Famous Grouse Famous Pubs campaign last...
Macleod snaps up distillery No.2
Speyside the focus as Diageo plans to up Scotch whisky production
IAN Macleod Distillers has underpinned its future growth plans with the acquisition of a...
Morton moves to take Inverarity
Drinks wholesaler Wm Morton strengthened its position in the Scottish wine market last week by clinching a deal to acquire Inverarity Vaults. The deal effectively sees Glasgow-based Morton, which incorporates Cheviot Wines, become Scotland’s biggest independent wine supplier. It also brings months of speculation over Inverarity’s future to a close.
Heineken bids to boost cask share
HEINEKEN UK has expanded the range of regional and national cask ales it offers its free trade customers to help them make the most...
Merger creates new pubco giant
A pub company set up to acquire more than 300 pubs from Mitchells & Butlers has merged with the firm behind Yates’s to form what’s said to be the biggest privately-owned managed pub group in the UK. Stonegate Pub Company, formed by private equity firm TDR Capital to buy 333 wet-led pubs from M&Bs last November in a £373 million deal, has joined forces with Town & City Pub Company, whose brands include Yates’s and Slug & Lettuce.
Columns
Jack Cummins
Andrew Dowson
Neil Morrison
Luke Richardson
