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AN appeal brought by Tesco against Midlothian Licensing Board’s decision to suspend the premises licence of its Dalkeith store for a period of 48...

TENNENT’S is asking consumers to sum up Scotland to a ‘T’. The lager wants Scots to describe how they feel about their nation in a...

THE sales director of Carlsberg UK is to step down after 14 years with the company. Chris Houlton’s time at Carlsberg will come to a...

AN Italian restaurant in Glasgow’s west end has launched a new Prosecco bar. The Fantinel Prosecco bar at Paperino’s West End on Byres Road takes...

TRAVELODGE is to shed 49 of its 513 hotels and reduce the rent it pays on a further 109 as part of a financial...

A DOUBLE-whammy of recession and road works is conspiring to put the squeeze on Edinburgh’s restaurants. The “challenging” economic climate was cited by top chef...

RYDER Cup hero Sam Torrance made a guest appearance at Gleneagles recently at a trade day hosted by Caledonia Best. Tennent Caledonian Breweries invited customers...

WE’VE had pop up bars and restaurants – now what’s claimed to be Scotland’s first pop up hotel has arrived in Edinburgh. With demand for...

A CAMPAIGN for a return to traditional pub and nightclub trading hours has been launched in Glasgow, amid growing concern that intense price competition between operators is fuelling binge drinking in the city late at night. Operators are lobbying the city’s licensing board, the police and council leaders for the restoration of the midnight and 3am closing times for pubs and clubs, which largely prevailed until the 2005 licensing Act replaced seven licence types with the single premises licence in 2009.

Lessee hands over Edinburgh pub to employee of 23 years AN Edinburgh cask ale pub has changed hands – but the new man charged with...