Wine chief steps down
Billy Bell Birse-Stewart, Scottish drinks industry veteran and managing director of Livingston-based Wine Importers, has retired after 25 years with the company
See Uist soon
A new marketing campaign promoting the Uists as an “unmissable destination” for visitors has been launched by CalMac after the islands suffered disruption to ferry services last summer
Chef makes a Grand return
A former member of the kitchen team at Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel has returned to the business in the role of executive chef
St Andrews venue The Adamson lets in the light
An SLTN award-winning bar in St Andrews has reopened following a design refresh
Rusk & Rusk boxes clever
Glasgow bar and restaurant group Rusk & Rusk has launched a new events space
New dawn in Glencoe
The Kingshouse Hotel in Glencoe has officially reopened following a £12 million refurbishment
Inverarity Morton makes waves with new eco-friendly wine
SLTN joined in a beach clean-up as part of Inverarity Morton’s exclusive UK launch of environmentally-conscious Sea Change wine
Operator goes for a different double
A pair of Scottish entrepreneurs have opened two very different venues within days of each other after taking on the leases with pub company Hawthorn Leisure
Carlsberg overhauls flagship beer
Carlsberg UK has unveiled its new Danish Pilsner beer, part of a broader strategy to “revitalise” its flagship beer in the UK
Diageo plays the Game
Diageo has released a limited edition series of single malt whiskies, each tied to one of the great houses of Westeros (as well as the Night’s Watch) from Game of Thrones
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