Help for homeless

TWO Scottish entrepreneurs joined forces over the festive period to provide meals for the homeless at Christmas. Beer brand Brewgooder spent the festive period encouraging...

Family store partners up

EDINBURGH retail institution Margiotta Food & Wine has entered into a partnership with Waitrose. The new partnership will see more than 600 Waitrose products available...

C-stores love local

SOME of the biggest names in Scottish convenience retailing have joined the Scotland Loves Local initiative, as it rolls out across the country. Scotmid, Spar...

Supply chain still struggling

Driver shortage continues to a­ffect availability INDUSTRY leaders from the convenience retail, multiple and wholesale channels painted a bleak picture of the ongoing supply chain...

Aldi launches first DRS trial

Discounter o­ffering 10p per container ALDI has launched its first Scottish DRS trial in its Bathgate store in West Lothian. Under the trial, Aldi customers will...
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Budget reaction

INDUSTRY leaders have expressed their disappointment with the Scottish Government’s decision to end 100% non-domestic rates relief for retail businesses.
Deposit Return Scheme

New date for DRS

A NEW date has been set for Scotland’s proposed deposit return scheme. Scottish Government minister for circular economy and co-leader of the Scottish Greens Lorna...
Scottish Government finance secretary Kate Forbes

Budget: Rates holiday to end in 2022

THE 100% non-domestic rates relief for Scotland’s retail, hospitality and leisure businesses will end next year, finance secretary Kate Forbes has announced. In her Budget...

Top 50 Scottish Brands 2021: Pandemic winds continue to blow

Questions remain, but some categories are still benefitting from lockdown trends

Opening up the sails in UK stores

Sailing into the UK just in time for Christmas is Specialty Brands’ Boatyard Sloe Boat Gin.
Deposit Return Scheme

DRS is kicked into the long grass

THE Scottish Government has once again delayed the implementation of the deposit return scheme.

Brewed for good

BREWGOODER has put sustainability at the heart of its range, as it prepares to launch five new beers onto Co-op shelves in the new year.
Pandemic restrictions hit the hospitality sector hard in 2021, but off sales continued to perform well as Scottish consumers socialised at home.

Top Scottish Off Sales Brands 2021

The pandemic effect can still be felt in the off-trade, although some are heading back to hospitality

Keeping the party going

CONSUMERS will be looking to well and truly deck the halls this Christmas and Britvic has advice for retailers to help them keep shoppers jolly.

Shaking up on shelves

THE team behind award-winning Aberdeen cocktail bar Orchid has launched a new canned cocktail brand.

Survey of good food

AN inquiry has been launched to consider the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill by a Holyrood committee.