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+ Digital Award for Town
House Collection
SBPA gets £12,000
Edinburgh based hotel
group, The Town House
Collection, has won the
Glasgow payment
inaugural Caterersearch.com
Web Award for the Best
The Scottish Beer and Pub Glasgow licensing board on Personal Licence Holders,
Digital Marketing Campaign.
Association (SBPA) has received amended its stance a couple of although we still had to pursue
The awards, launched
a cheque from the City of days before the case was due to the issue of our costs in court.
earlier this year, are the only
Glasgow licensing board for heard in court, although the We did not receive all of the
website awards for those in
£12,000 as payment for the hearing still went ahead on the costs back which were incurred
the hospitality industry and
costs awarded against the Board subject of costs with the SBPA by the Association, only court
have rewarded those who
following SBPA’s legal challenge being awarded 75% of its costs costs can be recovered, but we
have been at the forefront of
to the board’s argument that, because of the late change of knew that would be the position
developing the best websites
following the introduction of the position by the board. The in launching our legal challenge.
in this particular sector.
new licensing regime next year in payment was reached by “The industry remains fully in
+ Strata changes hands
Scotland, that there was a agreement with the Glasgow support of the process of
requirement for a Personal board’s legal representatives. licensing reform in Glasgow and
Strata in Glasgow has
Licence Holder to be “on the Said Patrick Browne, chief across Scotland, as long as this is
changed hands with
(licensed) premises at all times executive of the SBPA: “We are in line with what we believe to
Merchant City Properties
when alcohol was being sold”. glad that the matter has now be the letter of law under the
taking on the lease on the
The SBPA pursued the action been settled. In May, we Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005
Queen Street venue from
in the Court of Session in welcomed the board’s decision to and the Regulations associated
2DS.
Edinburgh in May, but the amend its earlier stated position with that.”
The company also
operates Bar Square in the
Merchant City area of
Glasgow. Strata has built up
a strong reputation for its
cocktails in recent years
+ MSP attempts to ban
cigarette vending machines
The MSP who introduced a
Member’s Bill to ban
smoking in restaurants in
2002, has called for cigarette
vending machines to be
banned. Kenneth Gibson
MSP claims that one in 10
under-age smokers buy
The SBPA’s fight with Glasgow’s licensing board
tobacco from vending ended before it reached court after the board
machines. Such a ban is
changed its stance, to the benefit of the city’s pubs.
already being considered in
Westminster.
+ Pub hearing begins
ABInBev created as deal is closed
A public hearing looking at
plans to turn the Crook Inn
The acquisition of Anheuser- Busch InBev. He said: “By
at Tweedsmuir into
Busch by InBev has been bringing together these two great
residential housing has
completed. The deal, which businesses, we have created a
begun with a Scottish
combines the two companies stronger, more competitive global
Government reporter hearing
into the biggest brewing company company with a leading
both sides of the argument.
in the world, came after approval leading beer brands such as international brand portfolio and
The owner says the 17th
by AB shareholders and clearance Tennent’s, Stella Artois, Budweiser distribution network, and great
century Borders pub isn’t a
from the US Department of and Beck’s. potential for growth all over the
viable business while a local
Justice. At nearly £35bn, the The new company began world. We look forward to
company wants to buy the
acquisition was the biggest in trading on 20 November with leveraging the operational and
building and retain it as a
brewing history and sees the new InBev CEO Carlos Brito assuming cultural strengths of both
pub.
company own a vast number of the same position at Anheuser- companies.”
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