Rankin buys chunk of Utopian Leisure
Allan Rankin, the former chairman of Ultimate Leisure, has acquired a sizeable stake in Utopian Leisure, the Morning Advertiser has learnt.
Archives for February 9, 2007
Future fruits: report from the ATEI show
The vast halls of the Amusement Trade Exhibition International (ATEI) 2007 filled with the beeping and flashing of row after row of arcade machines...
ATEI report: impact of the smoke ban
The smoking ban in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland has been blamed for declining takes on AWP and SWP machines by pubs in those countries. There...
Customers hit the road for pub food
The 'local' is no longer just around the corner as customers travel further for good pub food.A new survey shows that the hunt for good pub food has...
Chris Maclean: hotel rooms are a bonus
When we took over this pub we knew the hotel rooms were an additional bonus. What I had underestimated was how much of a bonus.At the beginning of...
Legal advice: The right person for the job
As employers we all want our employees to be competent to do the jobs they are employed to do. In the pub trade we want people to be able to pour...