Scrapping of excessive PLH ‘ban’ is good news
Comment by Gillian McKenzie
‘Carnage’, ‘meltdown’, ‘timebomb’ – just some of the words used as the inaugural deadlines for personal licence holder refresher training approached...
Beer’s cup runneth over
By Gillian McKenzie
FROM new brands and flavoured beers to the expansion of production facilities, the beer category has been a hive of activity in...
Small steps in the right direction
I wrote in this column that 2016 was up there with the most challenging for the trade. Twelve months on and 2017 hasn’t been any less tough.
Time for the trade to shine
THE clocks went forward last weekend and spring is well and truly in the air.
For the team at SLTN that can only mean one...
Calls to axe the escalator grow louder
HERE we are again. The Budget is less than two weeks away and the prospect of yet another duty hike looms large over the...
Trade needs Brexit clarity as a matter of urgency
With Scotland’s hospitality sector said to employ around 27,000 EU workers, much greater detail of the long-term situation is needed
Rates reform can’t come soon enough
By Gillian McKenzie
THAT business rates has been flagged as the biggest challenge currently facing licensed trade businesses comes as no great surprise.
This year’s astronomical...
Time for trade to review contracts?
Employers should consider how staff overtime is dealt with in light of holiday pay cases, writes lawyer John Grant
THERE have been a number of...
Local powers could help ease trade’s rates burden
Comment by Gillian McKenzie
Business rates are the bugbear of many operators in the Scottish on-trade.
From the way in which they are calculated – with...
Let’s hope consumers vote for the trade
IT’S finally here. Two years after the Edinburgh Agreement was signed, paving the way for a referendum on Scottish independence, today is polling day.
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