Having been dismissed by industry experts in 1983 as an idea that would never work, a whisky club started ‘for a lark’ by a maverick whisky enthusiast in Edinburgh is this year celebrating its 40th-anniversary and approaching 40,000 members around the world. For four decades, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has specialised in releasing […]
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English bakery manufacturer Finsbury Food Group has acquired 100% of the share capital of Lees Foods, a producer of meringues, teacakes and snowballs. Established in 1931, Lees employs more than 200 staff at its site in Coatbridge and was purchased for £5.7 million. Lees main products are the macaroon bar and snowball and currently runs
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0.0% beer brand, Days Brewing, has launched a campaign that deals with the real, tangible reasons to cut back on alcohol this January. ‘Beer for anyone’ sees the brand dive into relatable reasons to skip the alcohol, but not the beer. This campaign comes off the back of the brands launch into major UK grocers
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Nominations for the 2023 Scottish Curry Awards are now open. Now in their 15th year the Official Scottish Curry Awards celebrate and promote Scotland’s love of curry as well as the restaurants, takeaways and personalities that have made the industry such a great part of Scotland’s culture and the economic contributions it makes. The winners
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An advert for BrewDog has been banned over a “tongue-in-cheek” claim that its fruit-flavoured beers constitute “one of your five a day”. An email, dated 20 July, featured the subject heading and advertised beers with names that included Lost in Guava, Pineapple Punch and Lost in Lychee & Lime. A recipient complained that the five-a-day
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AG Barr, makers of Irn-Bru have bought energy drinks brand Boost in a deal worth up to £32m. The acquisition includes 100% of Boost Drink’s issued share capital for an initial sum of £20m, with a further performance-linked payout of up to £12m dependent on future revenue and profitability performance of the Boost business over a
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Panther M*lk, Alcoholic oat milk cocktail made in Glasgow, plans to ramp up production and is targeting revenues of £1 million in 2023 following talks with major UK retailers. Founder of the Glasgow based brand Paul Crawford, who appeared on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den in March, aims to increase production volumes next year from hundreds
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Fireaway has now accepted six additional investors after having only Mario as a stakeholder up to this point. With each investor taking 1% of the business at the cost of £187k per share, the company is valued at £18.7 million Since it opened its doors five years ago, Fireaway pizza has been the UK’s fastest-
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US born fast food chain is set to open next year is set to open its first UK drive thru branch in Barrhead. It will take the place of the former Nestlé Purina factory which is currently being transformed after it lay derelict for 15 years. The plans were approved by Glasgow City Council last
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Stack & Still, the UK’s largest chain of pancake houses, is expanding beyond Scotland by opening a restaurant at a flagship location in London’s Leicester Square. The Glasgow-headquartered company, who serve in excess of a million pancakes per annum is taking over a site on Irving Street that was occupied previously by American brand MOD
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