]Innis & Gunn, has recruited David Cockburn BAcc, CA as Chief Financial Officer. David,41, who was voted ‘2010 Scottish Dealmaker of the Year’ by Scottish Business Insider, now joins the Board full-time; previously, he advised the Board, where he played a key role in the development and strategy of the business after the MBO in [...]

Scot Mark Hunter, has been appointed Chairman of the British Beer & Pub Association. Hunter who is Molson Coors Chief Executive replaces Ralph Findlay as BBPA Chairman. He is stepping down after the completion of his two year term of office. Mark is not new to the BBPA. He has chaired the BBPA’s Finance Committee [...]

Speyside’s smallest whisky distillery, Benromach has another duo of top awards to celebrate. It’s Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Benromach 30 Years Old has won a silver medal in the 2011 “Malt Maniacs” Awards. The “Malt Maniacs” award is the latest accolade for the whiskies from Speyside’s smallest working distillery. Top awards include Benromach’s flagship Single [...]

Belhaven owners, Greene King, is to create a further 2,200 jobs on top of 800 apprenticeships already created as part of an expansion drive across its estate. The news came the same week that the company revealed it has put 37 pubs in Scotland up for sale. This will leave it with 260 outlets in [...]

It’s been a year since husband-and-wife team Michael and Laura O’Hare sold their pubs the Rhoderick Dhu in Bothwell Street and Gabriel’s in Paisley, but they have now returned with a bang having just completed a £500K refurbishment of the former Hayburn Vaults on Dumbarton Road, which they have now named the Deoch an Dorus [...]

Glasgow institution The Pot Still is now under new management. Frank Murphy and his family have taken over the Iona Pub lease, and are planning to invest in the pub. It’s a return to the pub trade for father Brian Murphy who formerly owned the Arlington Bar in Woodlands, Rockafella’s in Springburn and The Hyndland [...]

Twenty four licensed premises in Fife have been accredited as being ‘Best Bar None’. It’s the 6th year that the awards have run, and this year’s entry proved to be the most successful yet. The scheme, which aims to recognise and reward well run pubs, bars and clubs which demonstrate high standards in promoting safety [...]

Martin Wishart has received an Honorary Degree from the University of Edinburgh, the first chef to be given the prestigious accolade in the institution’s 428 year history. The degree was awarded in recognition of his outstanding culinary contribution to Edinburgh and Scotland, the Degree of Doctor honoris causa acknowledges the huge success of Martin Wishart’s [...]

Tennent’s are not planning massive price rises, despite press reports to the contrary. The company issued a statement earlier this month, in direct response to articles which claimed that it was planning to put 30-40p on a pint. John Gilligan, Sales Managing Director of Tennent Caledonian, told DRAM, “We have a rise once a year, [...]

Billy Lowe is back in the driving seat at Saltire Taverns and already he has big plans for Le Monde. He wants to turn, what was formerly Paris, into an upmarket jazz lounge aimed at an over 30s age group, and called Dirty Martini. Billy told the DRAM, “I’ve been inspired by top jazz clubs [...]