Publican Local Focus: Edinburgh - Flower of Scotland
30-Jul-2010
Visit the well-worn tourist trails of Scotland's capital at the height of the Festival in August and you'll find a city that looks a lot like a...
27-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Pubs in Edinburgh have failed in a bid to open before 1230pm on a Sunday — the SBPA has slammed the decision.
26-Feb-2010 By Gemma McKenna
BII Scotland has appointed a new chairman, Kenny Mitchell of Glasgow's KMT Services. Over 60 people attended the annual general meeting held at...
King's Wark wins Scotland's best pub grub award
24-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The King's Wark in Shore, Edinburgh has won the title of Best Pub Grub at the third annual Scottish Restaurant Awards. The awards, hosted by food...
16-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees can get advice on boosting sales and increasing customer footfall at the BII Scotland annual general meeting in Edinburgh next week. Guest...
Charity left with a mountain to climb
02-Feb-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A team from industry charity the Hospitality Industry Trust (HIT) Scotland is hoping to scale great heights to raise £150,000. A total of 19...
09-Nov-2009 By Sonya Hook
Edinburgh-based local independent brewer, Stewart Brewing, has launched a bottled beer range aimed at the hospitality and off-licence sectors. The...
Dunedin Pub Company to cease trading
23-Sep-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Dunedin Pub Company is to cease trading and has put its two freehold sites, the Flotterstone Inn and the Bridge Inn, near Edinburgh, on the market...
Scotland urged to carry on with minimum price plan
24-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The World Health Organisation has urged Scotland to plough on with plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol. Speaking at an Alcohol Summit in...
Thousands yet to apply for new licences in Scotland
18-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Thousands of Scottish publicans have yet to apply for new personal licences, according to the Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA). The trade...
Hamish Champ: Which profession carries with it the biggest thirst for the booze?
25-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
It was with some interest that I read a news story at the weekend which suggested that 'media workers' were the biggest boozers in the country.I'm...
19-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Visitor attractions such as distilleries and breweries will be exempt from regulations on how they can display alcohol in Scotland. The exemptions...
Scots minister committed to minimum pricing
01-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill has slammed irresponsible supermarket promotions and vowed to continue with plans to introduce minimum...
Pubs could unite to ban stag parties
28-Apr-2009
Stag parties could be banned by pubs in a historic part of the country in a major bid to drive up standards. Around 30 pub and other local traders in...
MacAskill "confident" over minimum pricing
04-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore
Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill remains "confident" his party's plan to set a minimum price is "sustainable" and will get legal and...
Scots call for review of licensing fees
08-Jan-2009
Licensees in Scotland have urged Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill to reconsider plans that will see pubs paying thousands of pounds in licence fees....
Whisky: Scotch on its home turf
29-Oct-2008
When it comes to where to look for inspiration on how to sell Scotch, it makes sense to look to Scotland.In Edinburgh, 10 pubs are involved in a...
Justice minister holds firm on minimum pricing
07-Oct-2008
Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill has thrown down the gauntlet to any supermarkets planning to contest the SNP's bid to launch Britain's...
'Carnage' nights spark criticism
25-Sep-2008
A tour of Scottish cities by a firm which organises mass student bar crawls with fancy dress themes - including "Dirty Porn Star" - has sparked a...
Hamish Champ: Do Edinburgh's troubles point the way for the rest of us?
28-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Last week saw me in Edinburgh, the city where my mum was born and yes, my spiritual home.In glorious - if somewhat uncharacteristic - sunshine and in...
18-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Caledonian Brewing Company has appointed former Scottish & Newcastle man Martyn Gray as commercial director. Gray had been at S&N for 18...
Martyn Gray joins Caledonian Brewery
18-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Edinburgh-based Caledonian Brewing Company has appointed ex-Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises executive Martyn Gray to the newly created...
My Shout John Grogan
17-Jul-2008
Scotland's likely to show way on pricing Kenny MacAskill, Minister for Justice in the Scottish Government, is a politician who knows his own mind....
Minimum pricing plan could have domino effect
20-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
If plans to introduce minimum pricing in the Scottish off-trade go ahead the rest of the country would soon follow suit, according to John Grogan MP....
19-May-2008
Justice minister Kenny MacAskill wants cheap booze outlawed
S&NUK buys Caledonian
17-Apr-2008
Caledonian Brewing Company (CBC), the Deuchars brewer run by Steve Crawley, has been bought out by S&NUK for an undisclosed sum. CBC's brewery...
S&N buys out Caledonian Brewery
11-Apr-2008
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has bought out Caledonian Brewery, ahead of its own takeover by Heineken.S&N acquired the Caledonian Brewery...
11-Apr-2008 By Andrew Pring
Caledonian Brewing Company has been bought out by S&NUK
Focus Scotland: Caledonian and cask
31-Mar-2008
Stephen Crawley, managing director of Caledonian Brewery, is a man of several talents - not least a serious cricketing ability. If you don't believe...
Scottish pubs in the dark over illegal security staff
17-Jan-2008
Pubs in Scotland were ripped off over the festive period by security operators deploying "makeweight" illegal stewards, according to two veteran...
A Botanic Battle
11-Jan-2008
Scotland's Astronomer Royal John Brown has threatened to hang up his telescope if a controversial bid by G1 to create a basement nightclub in a...
15-Oct-2007
Action to ban cheap supermarket booze in Scotland faces a challenge from Whitehall. That is the news reported by Scotland on Sunday. Last month,...
Newcomers: Revealing all
11-Oct-2007
The missives have been signed so I guess its an appropriate time to divulge the name and location of the pub. It's called the Illicit Still and is...
Machines & Gaming: Multi-game SWPs
08-Oct-2007
Not content with plugging Deuchars IPA and Highland Park whisky, Ian Rankin¹s Rebus yarns are now giving a nod to a brand of games machine at...
Roy Beers: Scotland's glass looks to be half empty
03-Oct-2007
The country's finest licensing legal minds were there to discuss the way the run-up to the country's new Licensing (Scotland) Act is shaping.The news...
Trade to fight Scots' plans
13-Sep-2007 By Graham Ridout
Trade bodies have vowed to fight any attempt by councils in England and Wales to bring in some of the more onerous licensing conditions currently...
Scottish trade speaks out over Edinburgh seating policy
06-Sep-2007
Edinburgh licensing board is set to back compulsory 50 per cent seating in pubs. The scheme is part of draft regulations boards have to draw up to...
Scotland faces paid-for-policing
05-Sep-2007
Scottish pub and club licensees have joined with trade groups to condemn a plan by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to impose a controversial...
Scottish pubs face polycarbonate push
24-Jul-2007
Scottish publicans are gearing up to fight controversial new plans to bring in local on trade glass "bans" - a year after the collapse of a similar...
SLTA calls for tougher action on alcohol-related crime
23-Jul-2007
The chief executive of Scotland's biggest licensee group says a new Scottish government "get tough" approach to binge-related crime and disorder...
Focus Scotland: the Year of Rebus
27-Mar-2007
For the Scottish pub trade, 2007 is set to be the Year of Rebus.Twenty years ago Ian Rankin's first crime novel to feature the 'not very good'...
SNP wants to ban off-trade promotions
12-Mar-2007
The Scottish National Party (SNP) will ban off-trade deep discounting drink promotions north of the border if it wins power in Scotland's May...
Brewery honours Rebus
01-Feb-2007
Caledonian brewery is celebrating 20 years of Scotland's famous fictional detective Rebus by launching a beer with a secret ingredient. To honour the...
Irn-Bru ad takes to the air
21-Dec-2006
Irn-Bru is launching the first Christmas TV ad in its 105-year history, backed with a £250,000 investment. The track "Walking in the Air", from The...
27-Nov-2006
A number of clubs and pubs in Fife are planning to close for one night in protest at the smoking ban.
04-Jul-2006 By The PMA Team
Utopian Leisure boss Bob Senior is to go head-to-head with his former company, Ultimate Leisure, in Belfast, the Morning Advertiser has learnt....
03-Jul-2006 By The PMA Team
Deuchars IPA, the award-winning beer and flagship brand of the Edinburgh based Caledonian Brewing Company, is being rolled out in 30 of Massive's 40...
05-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Plans to ban glasses and bottles from pubs across the Scottish capital have been abandoned after city chiefs decided there was no need for the...
18-May-2006
London & Edinburgh Swallow Group boss Alan Bowes has slated Scotland's approach to smoking shelters. He said: "Now the legislation has been...
20-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Scottish smokers who flout the ban in pubs next weekend could be followed home by 'smoking spies' so legal action can be taken later. Smokers in...
