Deuchars has the X Factor
DEUCHARS IPA has added X Factor winner James Arthur and Pussycat Doll Nicole Sherzinger to its fanbase after the two were pictured pulling and...
Glasgow chair in plea for unity
Role played by small retailers must be recognised, Cunning insists
CENTRAL government and licensing boards should support independent off-trade retailers to help them trade responsibly...
Events confirmed for Tourism Week
THE importance of tourism to Scotland’s economy will be highlighted at a series of events in March.
Scottish Tourism Week, which takes place from March...
Glasgow’s G1 Group strikes gold again
G1 Group, the Glasgow based bar, restaurant and nightclub operator, has secured gold Investors In People (IIP) status for the second time.
The firm, which...
New drive to curb proxy purchasing
Govanhill retailers back scheme designed to cut underage drinking
OFF-TRADE retailers on the south side of Glasgow have signed up to a new scheme designed...
Whisky champ in backing plea
Jon Beach, four-time winner of the SLTN Whisky Bar of the Year award, urges distillers to do more to support the on-trade.
THE whisky industry...
Multi-buy ban not working, firm says
Scottish consumers buying wine more frequently since laws came in
THE Scottish Government’s ban on multi-buy deals has encouraged more people to buy wine, according...
Capital chief makes Sunday morning call
PUBS in Edinburgh may soon be entitled to start serving alcohol on Sunday mornings as the city’s new licensing board continues to put its stamp on local licensing policy.
Eric Milligan, the Labour councillor who became board convener after the local elections in May, signalled his support for extended Sunday trading in a speech to a conference hosted by legal journal Scottish Licensing Law and Practice.
Rates delay will hit business
THE Scottish Government has been slammed by the business community for delaying the next revaluation of business rates by two years.
The next revaluation was due to take place in 2015 but will now take place in 2017 as ministers consult on plans to review the business rates regime.
One lobby group criticised the move saying firms, including pubs, restaurants and hotels, will have to pay rates based on pre-recession property values for two more years.
Don’t question our integrity – SLTA
THE Scottish on-trade is at loggerheads with Trading Standards over ‘integrity testing’ – a procedure designed to establish how effectively businesses comply with the law around age-restricted products.
The testing, carried out by police and trading standards officers, sees 18 year olds attempt to purchase products like alcohol and tobacco to test the procedures retailers have in place.
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