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Gleneagles’ Sollis wins Ramon Pajares Excellence Scholarship

5 days ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

Alexandra Sollis, guest relations manager at The Gleneagles Hotel, has been announced as the inaugural recipient of the Ramon Pajares Excellence Scholarship.
Scran + Roadie brings New York pizza buzz to Glasgow's Saltmarket

1 week ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

Chef Chris Mears is opening a bigger and better version of his cult Barras eatery, the Scran café, just along the road in Glasgow’s Saltmarket. To accommodate demand which often saw queues outside his London Road premises, Mears is opening Scran + Roadie at Jocelyn Square, opposite Glasgow Green and just down from the High Court.
It's all about drink-making versatility and low waste at The Social

1 week ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

With 40-odd venues under his watch, Scotsman Group Bar Manager Kenny Brownlee is a big fan of things that keep his customers happy and make life easier for his staff. So he has nothing but good things to say about London Essence’s Freshly Infused dispense system. Tell us about The Social and its customers?
Edinburgh's 'love letter to bartenders' is back for a second year

1 week ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

After a sold-out debut last year, The Edinburgh Bar Awards are coming back for year two – and nominations are now open for the best and brightest of the city’s bar scene. Staged as part of the Capital’s big hospitality staff night out, the Bartenders’ Ball, the Edinburgh Bar Awards will take over The Biscuit Factory on Monday, 22nd September 2025.
Richard Lochhead MSP visits Crieff Hydro to mark £5m investment

1 week ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

Scotland’s Minister for Business Richard Lochhead has visited Crieff Hydro to see the results of the £5million investment in a complete dining refurbishment of the famed Perthshire resort. Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels CEO Stephen Leckie met with Lochhead at an event thanking the contractors, suppliers and partners involved in the landmark project, attended by more than 250 guests.
Grab a licensed townhouse venue on Glasgow’s Bath St

1 week ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

Hummingbird, a licensed townhouse venue in central Glasgow, has just come onto the market through Christie & Co.At the high point of Bath Street in the heart of the city, the multi-purpose venue includes a cocktail bar, restaurant, karaoke pods and a variety of function spaces spread across four floors, as well as an outdoor terrace.
Glasgow’s Clydeside Distillery unveils its own daytime whisky bar

1 week ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

The Clydeside Distillery, Glasgow’s first dedicated single malt whisky distillery in over a century, has announced the opening of its whisky bar. First touted late last year, the ‘elegant and relaxed’ bar is the result of a refurbishment of the distillery’s café, which is now offering an extensive selection of drams, including signatures like Stobcross, Napier and the exclusive Voyager Club bottling. The bar menu also features beers, wines, spirits, soft drinks, hot beverages and light bites.
The Hoxton aims to create a new hospitality hotspot in Haymarket

2 weeks ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

This month, The Hoxton hotel brand plans to open the doors of its new Edinburgh outpost, created from 11 ‘stitched-together’ townhouses set across both sides of a street in ‘vibrant and historic’ Haymarket. The new hotel, from international lifestyle hospitality group Ennismore, is described as being ‘design-driven, community-focused’, with its original Georgian features elevated by Ennismore’s inhouse design team, AIME Studios.
Why not take a look at an opportunity in Fife’s beautiful East Neuk?

2 weeks ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

A café and venue in the popular tourist spot of Fife’s East Neuk is up for lease through Shepherd Chartered Surveyors. The Aurrie café/restaurant and the Aurrie Mor events space are on the main street of Lower Largo, an historic fishing village on Largo Bay along the north side of the Firth of Forth, known as the birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe.
A lovely local in East Lothian with 400 years of hospitality history

2 weeks ago | sltn.co.uk | Gordon Davidson

A ‘remarkable’ coaching inn located in the heart of Gifford, East Lothian, is on the market through Graham + Sibbald. The Tweeddale Arms Hotel dates back to 1625 and has long served as a central fixture in the local community. Described as a boutique 16-bedroom hotel ‘bursting with period charm and character’, the property is said to be ‘lovingly maintained and stylishly presented’.