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...
Licence fees could be next in line for change
Comment by Gillian McKenzie
Hot on the heels of an SLTA survey which revealed that licensees see legislation as the single biggest threat to their...
Trade needs a break if it is to flourish
IN just seven weeks time we will honour some of the very best people and premises across Scotland’s licensed trade.
The SLTN team is busy...
Health report highlights alcohol pricing gulf
Comment by Gillian McKenzie
It seems barely a week goes by without the publication of a report about alcohol.
Last week it was the turn of...
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...
Scottish gin still in good spirits
Scotland is, of course, synonymous with whisky.
But if recent activity is anything to go by, it seems another spirit could soon be vying for...
Review of review sites long overdue
By Gillian McKenzie
A Restaurant in Italy topped the rankings on an online review site last week – despite the fact it doesn’t exist.
The imaginary eatery...
Business impact must be given full consideration
BARELY a week goes by without some new initiative or piece of legislation being introduced without, it seems, full consideration of the wider implications...
Skills scheme bringing trade benefits
THREE hundred young people in Scotland have completed the course, almost three quarters of graduates go into employment, and it is being rolled out...
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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