Stirling Council has approved plans by J D Wetherspoon to change the use of the former tax office on the city’s Spittal Street. The plans are now subject to approval from the licensing board, although no date has been set for Wetherspoon’s licensing board hearing. Meanwhile, the board has turned down an application for a [...]

Castle Leisure Group (CLG), the Stirling-based pub group owned by brothers Paul and Stephen Smith, has gone under. The group which was established in 1981 operates venues in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Stirling, Dumbarton and Dunfermline. These include the City and Sportsters units as well as two units the group purchased last year after Dark Star went [...]