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...
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.
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...
Time to give trade support
Comment By Gillian McKenzie
TWELVE months ago in this column I wrote that as years go 2015 must be among the most challenging for the...
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...
Will Bill call time on licensing reform?
By Gillian McKenzie
IT was billed as a piece of legislation designed to ‘tidy up’ bits of the 2005 Licensing Act which weren’t quite working...
You turn if you want to
SO the UK government has U-turned on minimum pricing, shelving proposals to introduce a 45p a unit price in England and Wales.
Crime prevention minister...
Music to the trade’s ears but more must be done
NEWS that the Scottish Government plans to implement the ‘agent of change’ principle in the planning system has rightly been welcomed by operators
Rates too big an issue to ignore
Comment by Gillian McKenzie
AS trade issues go, business rates is right up there.
From the way in which they are calculated – with pubs’ rateable...
Time rapidly running out for renewals
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, if your personal licence is due to expire on August 31, 2019, you absolutely must lodge a renewal application with your board in the next two weeks .
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