Local beer crafts a bright future
THE buoyancy of the craft beer scene was underlined again earlier this month when the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) published its 2013 Local...
Trade thrown under the bus once again
Just when the trade thought it couldn’t get any worse, it did.
Tourism opportunities are there for the taking
OPPORTUNITIES for pubs, clubs, hotels and restaurants to benefit from the major events coming to Scotland next year were highlighted again last week by...
Minimum price battle enters next stage
By Gillian McKenzie
MINIMUM pricing is back at the top of the agenda this week.
An appeal from the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) over the Scottish...
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.
Our industry needs greater support not another tax
The number of overseas visitors coming to Scotland at an all-time high, a bumper year for whisky tourism, a record season for cruise ships – 2018 wasn’t short on positive tourism tales
Operators BID for a bright future
By Gillian McKenzie
IT’S been at the heart of entertainment in Scotland’s biggest city for well over a century, attracting the big names of the...
New boards need new guidance
Comment by Gillian McKenzie
As the votes were counted last week, determining the new make-up of Scotland’s 32 local authorities, the trade was holding its...
Crafty move can pay dividends for pubs
By Gillian McKenzie
WITH eight new microbreweries said to have opened north of the border in the last 12 months and a host of Scottish...
Time to act as lower limit takes its toll
“VITAL to the Scottish economy”, “one of our biggest employers” – the praise for our tourism industry just kept on coming from deputy first...
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