Paul Waterson

Cheers for beer but not spirits
Thursday 21 March 2013

THE Scotch whisky industry has reacted furiously to George Osborne's move to raise spirits duty, but brewers and pub groups toasted the Chancellor for scrapping the alcohol duty escalator for beer and knocking 1p off the price of a pint.

red cards for Neil and Ally
Tuesday 22 January 2013

The alcohol-fuelled trouble at Old Firm games (remember them?) is down to Neil Lennon and Ally McCoist.

Pubs blame Old Firm for latest threat to business
Monday 21 January 2013

TRADE lobbyists have blamed Old Firm players and managers for the latest threat to pubs around football grounds.

Warning 900 pubs and restaurants at risk of closure
Tuesday 2 October 2012

ONE-third of restaurants and one-quarter of pubs in Scotland are at risk of going bust in the next 12 months, according to new research.

Alarming rise in number of local pubs that are closing
Thursday 20 September 2012

MORE than one-third of traditional pubs have closed in some parts of Scotland, according to a new report, which campaigners say has left many communities without their heart and soul.