Jamie Oliver has chosen a location for his new Edinburgh restaurant. It appears it will be situated in the Assembly Room building in George Street. It’s not the first time that a ‘Jamie’s Italian’, has been located in a Grade A listed building, his Cambridge restaurant is also in a listed building. Edinburgh councillors believe [...]

Edinburgh pubs could be subject to stricter fire regulations after fire chiefs called for a review. They want sprinklers to be fitted to places that store a high volume of alcohol. The request comes two years after a fatal fire at the Balmoral bar killed firefighter Ewan Williamson. Cllr Bridgeman, convener of the Lothian and [...]

Glasgow City Council’s decision to cancel its Hogmanay Party in George Square has been met with mixed reactions from the licensed trade. Donald Macleod of CPL told DRAM, “They can’t cancel Hogmanay. People will still come out. But let’s face it Hogmanay is no longer the golden goose it was, and we partly have ourselves [...]

Scots licensees are being urged to hold back their PPL fees in protest against proposed licence hikes. PPL, the organisation that collects royalties on behalf of performers and record companies, is proposing to charge pubs and clubs that put on Specially Featured Entertainment (SFE) exorbitant fees and this includes DJ’s. The proposed price rises, which [...]

With the hospitality industry one of many hit by the economic downtown, UK Point Of Sale (UK POS) is introducing a new range of point of sale to help encourage consumers to see the value in dining out despite the climate, in its new brochure, which is available from September. Including stylish wooden chalk boards [...]

The Houston Brewery is celebrating winning a gold medal at the Great British Beer Festival in London. The brewery’s 4.2% Houston Peter’s Well scooped GOLD in the Best Bitter category of the Champion Beer of Britain competition. Organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), the festival – held at Earls Court – is the [...]

Last month, DRAM reported news of an important legal victory for Brightcrew, without which it could have had to close the doors to its gentleman’s club in Glasgow. Without doubt, the outcome of the proceedings was great news for Brightcrew and its patrons, however it was also a decision which highlighted a pervasive and concerning [...]

One of Scotland’s most famous films, Whisky Galore, is being rereleased this week.  Whisky Galore was set in 1943 on the apocryphal Hebridean island of Todday, which was actually Barra. Brewdog’s new Glasgow pub has just opened. On the site of the former Lock Inn on Dumbarton Road, opposite the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, the new [...]

Turnberry Hotel has become the first establishment in Scotland to use an iPad instead of a printed wine list. The practice which has been used in London lately, gives guests the opportunity to look and descriptions and tasting notes of the wines on offer. They can also search for their favourite wines. Although only a [...]

Molson Coors, has invested £396m[1] developing a light sparkling, finely filtered beer called Animée, which is unashamedly aimed at females. Animée is the result of two years of NPD driven by industry and consumer insights from the BitterSweet Partnership a multi-million pound business set up by Molson Coors in 2009 to remove the gender imbalance [...]