Country pub sales show investor appetite for Scottish venues
SEPTEMBER saw two traditional village inns in the Scottish Borders sold through Christie & Co, reaffirming what it described as the ‘current investor appetite’ for Scottish hospitality venues.
Vacant public house in Airdrie town centre up for grabs
The Robert Hamilton is well located within the heart of this busy town, just a five-minute walk from Airdrie Station. It last traded as a branch of JD Wetherspoon.
Property report finds demand for quality venues outstripping supply
Christie & Co’s Mid-Year Review reported a strong first half of 2023 for the company as buyers perceived properties in Scotland as better value than in other parts of the UK.
Historic property near Fort William is now on the market
Glenspean Lodge Hotel, in Roybridge, near Fort William, dates back to the 1800s and is located on five acres of gardens and woodland.
Turn over a new page in Wigtown
The recently-refurbished Plough Inn in Wigtown is a grade C-listed building with a bar, dining room (serving 30 covers each), commercial kitchen and four en suite bedrooms
Trust Inns does deal to acquire three pubs from Dundas Heritable
Foremost amongst these is The Park Bar, at the west end of Glasgow’s Finnieston strip, which is feted as a home-from-home for Hebridean ex-pats and visitors.
Glenfinnan House Hotel to get ‘major transformation’ and new management
The investment is promising to ‘breathe new life’ into the 18th Century building, which sits alongside the famous Glenfinnan monument to Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Bag a scenic boutique hotel in the Scottish Borders
Sitting in a prime elevated position, half a mile from the centre of the tourist town of Hawick, with a view over the River Teviot and Wilton Lodge Park, the Balcary House Hotel dates back to 1888.
Four-star Scottish Borders country house hotel sold to English entrepreneurs
Selkirk’s Philipburn Hotel long term owners, Ian and Marie Wells, are retiring, and have sold their popular venue to Adrian Leopard and Graham Hobson.
Do some time in The Brig down in Lockerbie
The Brig has been in the sellers’ hands for the last nine years, and during this time they have ‘transformed and developed’ the business and property
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