Firm aims to bring wholesale change
A NEW online business pledging to transform the way drinks brands are distributed to the on-trade is set to launch next month.
The brainchild of...
Wine tasting can be music to your tastebuds, as Guy Chatfield explains
IN my never ceasing quest to find you, dear SLTN reader, an interesting snippet or distraction from the wonderful world of wine, I do...
Merchants offer a taste of the future
Matthew Clark and Forth Wines buoyant after capital tastings
DRINKS suppliers Matthew Clark and Forth Wines were last week toasting the success of annual tasting...
SBPA rings the changes
THE boss of Caledonian Brewing Company was last week elected president of the Scottish Beer and Pub Association.
Stephen Crawley took over from Ken McGown,...
Ceilidh-Donia is calling you
Capital hotel enjoying soaring occupancy rates comes on to market
AN Edinburgh hotel that’s said to be enjoying a particularly buoyant trading period is up...
Pub tax burden must be lifted
THE pub trade can no longer afford to cough up any more in tax if it’s to remain viable, the boss of one of...
Leckie issues plea for quality drive
OPERATORS of tourism businesses must up their game when it comes to the quality of accommodation and experiences offered to visitors if Scotland’s tourism...
Getting to Noe the bourbon biz
THE bourbon category is only scratching the surface of its potential global appeal, according to the master distiller of one of Kentucky’s oldest brands.
Fred...
Our top spirits bar in the north
THE freedom to experiment was credited last week as a key factor in the success of Edinburgh cocktail bar 56 North.
The outlet, named the...
Ministers in licence U-turn
The Scottish Government was forced last week to hastily review its verdict over how the 2005 Act has affected premises licence numbers in Scotland. As it published its liquor licence statistics for 2010/11, the government initially said the tally of premises licences suggested the “implementation of the Act has had little impact on the long-term trend” of a 4% fall every three years. But it quickly emerged that the decline was much higher.
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