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Stirling-based VC2 Brands has hit back at the Portman Group after the watchdog’s complaints panel forced it to rename its flagship product – despite giving it a clean bill of health for several years. VC2 has rebranded its Stiffy’s vodka liqueur as Stivy’s after the panel ruled that the product’s name was in breach of Portman’s code of practice on the naming, packaging and promotion of alcoholic drinks.

The parent companies of five-star hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh have gone into administration. SI Argyle Street Limited and SI Hotels Glasgow Investments Limited, which own and run the Radisson Blu in Glasgow’s Argyle Street under franchise, called in administrators earlier this month.

The firm behind Airth Castle and Glenbervie House hotels has bolstered its portfolio with two Perthshire properties. Aurora Hotel Collection has bought Cairn Lodge in Auchterarder from liquidator Campbell Dallas in a seven-figure deal brokered by Jones Lang LaSalle. Chief executive Steven McLeod told SLTN work is already underway on a £1 million refurbishment of Cairn Lodge, with the property to be relaunched as The Cairn – a five-star, 16-bedroom hotel, bar and restaurant, in February. Aurora, meanwhile, has taken over the management and marketing of the Kenmore Hotel at Loch Tay.

HILLINGTON-based wholesaler JW Filshill has restructured its buying team. The changes, which managing director Simon Hannah said are part of ongoing improvements to internal systems...

FORWARD planning is the key to making the most of the festive season, according to a major pubco. Keith Parsons, customer marketing manager at Scottish...

NEW owners are sought for a bar and restaurant in the South Lanarkshire town of Strathaven. The Waterside, said to be popular with locals and...

SOME of Scotland’s biggest hotel operators have thrown their weight behind a new executive education scheme for the hospitality industry. Apex Hotels, Gleneagles, Chardon Management...

THERE’S more to microwaves than simply reheating and defrosting. Catering equipment suppliers told SLTN last week that technological developments mean the microwave can now perform...

Lincat has added a stylish, compact wall mounted water boiler to its award winning FilterFlow range. Equipped with Lincat’s unique, built-in FilterFlow water filtration system,...

A THREE-star hotel in Dumfries-shire said to be in ‘walk in condition’ has been placed on the market. Described as having a traditional style...