Scotland
We report on the key developments shaping Scotlandโs foodservice and hospitality sector, from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Aberdeen, Inverness, and beyond. This archive covers restaurant and pub openings, catering contracts, chef appointments, regulatory changes, trading updates, and regional challenges unique to the Scottish market. Whether you’re a local operator, part of a national brand with Scottish sites, or a supplier monitoring demand shifts, we provide the insights you need. Our editorial focus ensures that chefs, landlords, caterers, and hospitality executives stay informed on whatโs happening across Scotlandโs diverse and dynamic food landscape.
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Feb- 2024 -27 FebruaryNews
The Redgarth in Inverurie hits the market after 34 years
The Redgarth, a pub and restaurant with letting rooms in Oldmeldrum, Inverurie, has hit the market for the first time in 34 years. Well positioned within the picturesque village of Oldmeldrum, the inn has built a good reputation in Aberdeenshire for its food and drink offerings.ย The business is also…
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21 FebruaryAdvice
How hospitality businesses can survive in 2024
2024 has only just begun, and weโve already witnessed a spate of small business closures across the hospitality sector. With the winding up of independent businesses across England, Wales and Scotland, questions have again been raised about the amount of governmental support available to one of the UKโs most beloved…
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15 FebruaryRestaurants
Buzzworks appoints chef Brian Maule as consultant
Buzzworks Holdings, the Scottish independent restaurant and bar operator, has appointed Scottish chef Brian Maule as consultant to the business. In his new role, Maule will apply his โextensive experience to enhance collaboration and overall productivityโ throughout Buzzworks’ 19 venue kitchens. As well as working behind the scenes across the…
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Jan- 2024 -31 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Admiral Taverns invests over ยฃ27m into community pubs
Admiral Taverns has announced that it invested over ยฃ27m to improve its community pubs in 2023. The group, which owns approximately 1,500 pubs across England, Scotland and Wales, has invested the funds into over 300 pubs across both its leased and tenanted estate and its community wet-led division, Proper Pubs.…
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29 JanuaryRestaurants
Buzzworks sees revenues rise to ยฃ29.9m
Buzzworks Holdings Limited has reported a 19% increase in revenue to ยฃ29.9m for the year ending 30 April 2023. Its like-for-like sales were also up 5.3% for the five weeks to 31 December 2023 which came on top of โstrong growthโ last year. However, the group recorded underlying EBITDA before…
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26 JanuaryCatering Companies
Chartwells announces raft of new contract wins and retentions
Chartwells Independent has announced it has successfully won two new three-year contracts with South Hampstead High School and Wimbledon High School. Both schools are members of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), the UKโs largest group of independent schools educating 20,000 girls each year. Chartwells Independent will also support both…
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24 JanuaryNews
Todayโs news in brief – 24/01/24
Wetherspoons revealed that like-for-like sales rose 10.1% during H1 to 21 January compared with last year. The pub chain attributed its performance to bar sales rising by 11.8%, food by 7.9%, and slot and fruit machines by 10.4%. Hotel rooms in its pub estate also saw a rise of 3.1%…
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24 JanuaryNews
Scottish pubs and hotels โleft behindโ due to lack of support, UKH Scotland says
Hospitality businesses are being financially disadvantaged by a lack of support by the Scottish Government, new analysis by UKHospitality Scotland shows.ย An average pub in Scotland will be ยฃ15,000 worse off than its equivalent in England, with a medium-sized hotel finding themselves ยฃ30,000 worse off. Larger businesses have been denied…
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22 JanuaryRestaurants
Tomรกs Gormley to open Cardinal in Edinburgh this March
Scottish chef Tomรกs Gormley is set to launch his new fine dining restaurant, Cardinal, on Eyre Place, Edinburgh, in March 2024. Chef Gormley, who was awarded a Michelin star at Heron in 2023, is also chef-patron of Skua, which opened in Edinburghโs Stockbridge in spring 2023 and the new Cardinal…
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16 JanuaryNews
RIO Brazilian Steakhouse to open in Edinburgh this February
RIO Brazilian Steakhouse has announced it will open a new location in Edinburgh on Friday 9 February 2024. The Brazilian Steakhouse offering an authentic Brazilian Churrasco dining experience will open its doors on George Street, within the historic Assembly Rooms building in a 150-cover space formerly home to Jamieโs Italian.…
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