SLTA: reform duty system in favour of the on-trade
The Scottish Licensed Trade Association is calling on Westminster to reform the alcohol duty system in order to create a ‘differential’ between alcohol sold in the on and off-trades.
Monster rescue for Loch Ness beer
Highland businesses team up to resurrect brand
TWO Highland businesses have joined forces to rescue the Loch Ness beer brand after its parent company went...
Ardnamurchan stretches its legs for The Ben
Highland distillery Ardnamurchan is marking the launch of a new membership club with a 180-mile fundraising walk for licensed trade charity The Ben.
Leading the way at the Ally Arms
Licensee of the Year’s traditional venue has some trendy twists
By Matthew Lynas
Customers may not always be fully aware of it, but there’s no pub...
Glasgow’s Indian food innovator Chaakoo expands east into Edinburgh
Chaakoo has rewritten the rules of Indian food in Glasgow, offering tapas-style small plates fusing Mumbai and Iranian cuisine, in a smart, comfortable setting cheerfully evoking a sub-continental railway station.
Proof of age scheme Challenge 25 celebrates its 12th birthday
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association scheme heralded a major change in venues’ efforts to check that customers are old enough to purchase alcohol.
Outdoor area bridges the gap
SLTN Award-winners reap rewards from revamped space
By Jack Walsh
AS locations go, the Atholl Arms Hotel in the Perthshire town of Dunkeld is surely up...
Summer fizz from Edinburgh Gin
Pubs that are able to reopen later in the summer will have the choice of a new ready to drink gin cocktail with the launch of Edinburgh’s Gin’s Raspberry Gin Fizz
Charitable spirit in EK
Staff at an East Kilbride pub have shown their altruistic side after raising over £1500 for the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity .
Tennent’s pledges free pints
Tennent's has pledged to offer consumers around Scotland a free pint as it distributes complimentary kegs to more than 2000 venues around the country
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