Fresh calls to scrap licence renewals
Lawyers and trade groups want ten-year lifespan ditched
Alcohol label laws slammed
Holyrood is watching new Irish measures “with interest”
City clubbers give scanner thumbs up
Almost 10,000 clubbers have given the thumbs up to a new fingerprint ID scanner – less than four weeks after it was installed at a Glasgow club.
The Scannet system, which operator Carlo Citti initially launched in Campus on Sauchiehall Street before rolling it out to sister venues O’Couture and Club 520, requires customers to register their passport or driving licence details and provide their thumb print.
Property firm snaps up rival
Jones Lang LaSalle and King Sturge merge in £197 million deal. JONES Lang LaSalle has strengthened its standing in the licensed property market in Scotland after agreeing to acquire rival firm King Sturge.
An eye for detail aids compliance
Regular checks offer pitfall protection, lawyers say
No publican wants to get on the wrong side of their local licensing board, but the sheer volume...
Admiral returns to Scotland
Admiral Taverns has re-established its presence in Scotland after snapping up 18 pubs from Heineken.
Fighting it out in Edinburgh
THREE Edinburgh venues have been shortlisted in a national awards scheme.
Wedgwood the Restaurant is defending its Best Restaurant Outside London award in the Food...
Hebridean distillery launches colouring book
Tobermory Distillery has created a limited-edition adult colouring book featuring hand-drawn illustrations of its island home of Mull
The biggest names in Scotland’s pubs
IT’S another year at the top of the Scottish on-trade for the ‘big three’ of Tennent’s Lager, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness, according to figures...
Britannia hotel to rule waves
THE team behind The Royal Yacht Britannia in Edinburgh’s port of Leith has acquired heritage vessel MV Windsor Castle and plans to turn it...