Domestic boost for UK malt sales
New figures suggest spirit is starting to replicate its export success
A GROWING appreciation for malt whisky, including among younger drinkers, has been credited with...
Wine retailer ramps up on-trade focus
Majestic seeks to supply more pubs after strong results
WINE merchant Majestic is seeking to grow the number of on-trade businesses it supplies after posting...
Lending pledge welcomed
THE coalition government’s latest scheme to boost bank lending to SMEs (small and medium-sized businesses) has received a cautious welcome from a small business...
Alcohol strategy is failing, shops group tells ministers
INDEPENDENT shops group the Scottish Grocers Federation has hit out at the Scottish Government’s alcohol strategy, insisting that further regulation is “not the answer”....
Everybody needs good neighbours
Bo’ness pub and next door microbrewery driving each other to success
A CHANCE conversation between friends in a pub sowed the seeds of a business...
Capital bar in full bloom after revamp
One of Edinburgh’s oldest gay venues gets a new lease of life
IT’S a thought for most people to up sticks and relocate 400 miles...
Views mixed on Gers’ fate
Trade gives opinions as newco Rangers awaits key vote. Football pubs have been giving SLTN their views on the potential impact on trade if the new Rangers is barred from Scotland’s top football league. SPL clubs will vote on July 4 on whether to admit Charles Green’s Rangers’ newco into Scotland’s top league, with Hearts, Hibs and Dundee United already saying ‘no’.
Ambitious tourism targets unveiled
Strategy outlines plans to grow visitor spend by £1 billion by 2020. AN ambitious industry-led plan to boost Scotland’s tourism revenues by £1 billion by 2020 has been unveiled. Launching its Tourism Scotland 2020 growth strategy last week, The Scottish Tourism Alliance, which is comprised of trade associations, businesses and marketing groups, said all corners of the industry must work together if the growth target is to be realised.
VisitScotland’s Brave new campaign
TOURISM body VisitScotland has launched its biggest-ever global marketing campaign on the back of new Disney Pixar animation Brave.
Anticipated to reach an audience of...
Pubco unleashes ground force
GREEN fingered members of Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company’s property team got their hands dirty last month when they stepped in to help Scotland’s...
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