Scottish Licensed Trade

Punch Takeover

‘Don’t be fooled’: SLTA slams Heineken’s ‘dismissing concerns’ on Punch bid

12-Jan-2017 By Sara Hussein

The Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) claimed Heineken was trying to “dismiss concerns” regarding the ongoing bid between the Dutch company and Punch Taverns. 

Pubs code

MRO gains traction in Scotland

13-May-2015 By Emily Sutherland

The Pub Advisory Service has pledged to help Scottish pubs follow England’s lead in introducing a market rent only option for tied tenants.

Scottish Licensed Trade Association appoints new chairman

28-Aug-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Donald Campbell, sales director at wine and spirits merchants Inverarity Morton, has been announced as the new chairman of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA).

Scots trade group in smoke-ban fight

02-Jun-2011 By Gurjit Degun

A Scottish trade group is fighting to re-introduce smoking in pubs, five years after the ban came in. The Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA)...

Top Scots crowned at SLTN Awards

31-Oct-2007

Scotalnd's champion pubs, bars, and nightclubs have all been honoured at the Scottish Licensed Trade News Awards.The country's biggest city, Glasgow,...

Scottish pubs under threat from smoking ban

22-Mar-2007

Pubs in Scotland are under threat a year on from the smoking ban, says the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA). The claims that a smoking ban...

Members' clubs fuss: storm in a pint pot

08-Mar-2007

The Scottish licensed trade has been stirred up by the press recently over a story that the Scottish Executive was to allow members' clubs an...

'Drunk inspectors' to patrol Glasgow pubs

10-Oct-2006

Undercover inspectors are to patrol Glasgow pubs and clubs on the lookout for venues serving 'drunks'. The move, which will involve trading standards...

Anti-smoking group attacks trade's figures

23-Aug-2006

Anti-smoking group ASH has said the figures released today by the Scottish Licensed Trade Association are not a true reflection of the impact of the...

Scottish licensees see drop in trade

23-Aug-2006

Nearly half of licensees in Scotland claim they have seen a drop in regular customers since the new no-smoking laws came into force. In the first...