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NEWS Scholar fund swells after charity bash Moving on up: Steve Stewart.


Edinburgh micro to expand


AN independent craft brewer in Edinburgh is moving to new premises after the volume of beer it sells is said to have risen 50% in the last year. Stewart Brewing has signed a ten-year lease on a new 5500 sq ft building just 250 yards from its existing Loanhead site. It’s part of an investment in a new brewing plant and equipment claimed to be worth £650,000. The firm said the new technology, which includes a 30-barrel brewery, new tanks and keg line, will enable it to produce 12,000 barrels of beer a year – almost four times the current capacity. Stewart Brewing was launched in 2004 and its beers include Edinburgh Gold and Hollyrood.


Stout ups rugby links


GUINNESS is continuing to build its links with British rugby through a series of new deals. The brand has signed partnership deals with the Scottish, English and Welsh rugby unions, and renewed its association with the Premiership, rugby union’s top league south of the border. The deals each run for


three years and involve signage, pouring rights, tickets and hospitality at each of the union’s home fixtures and Premiership matches.


The Scottish partnership marks the second deal that the SRU has signed with a major brewer this year, following the appointment of Molson Coors-owned Carling as the official beer of Scottish rugby in February. That deal also lasts for three years.


4 - SLTN - November 11, 2010


A CHARITY event held in Ab- erdeen last month raised over £20,000 to support staff in the hospitality industry. Held at the Mercure Ardoe House Hotel, around 230 at- tended the fourth Hospitality Industry Trust (HIT) Scotland Grampian Dinner to hear from George McNeill, who was once one of the fastest men in the world. They were joined by MC, Pauline Cook the former STV newsreader and journalist, and


guests enjoyed a special dinner prepared by the hotel’s execu- tive chef Richard Yearnshire. The money raised will sup-


port the HIT Scotland Scholar- ship programme. This year, HIT Scotland is looking to award around 100 scholarships to students and talented people at all levels in the industry.


Pauline Cook, right, dishes up the entertainment at the HIT event. Image courtesy of Firstpix.


Investment is “symbol” of commitment to trade, TCB boss Mike Lees says


Tennent’s opens seat of learning


By Scott Wright


TENNENT’S opens the doors today on a brand new training facility at its Glasgow brewery – and wants the whole trade to come in and learn. Tennent’s Training Academy


offers courses and qualifica- tions in a broad spectrum of hospitality disciplines, as well as topics like business manage- ment and legislation, in a spe- cially redeveloped building at Wellpark, Duke Street. Tennent Caledonian Brew- eries, now owned by Dublin- based C&C Group, is said to have invested almost £1m in the facility, which features fully- functioning cellar, bar, kitchen and tasting room. Although trading under the


Tennent’s brand, the actual training will be delivered by a third party headed by principal Alan Jones, a training consult- ant of ten years standing. The courses, accredited by


awarding bodies like the WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) and BIIAB, will be open to all – not just TCB customers. Managing director Mike Lees said the development, which has been six months in the pipeline, is a “real step” up for the firm in terms of its train- ing activity. He described it as a “symbol” of C&C and TCB’s commitment to the hospitality trade in Scotland. “The design is to raise stand- ards across the industry in the long-term,” he told SLTN. “We’ve got a great hospital- ity industry, but there’s always room for improvement.


projects are in the offing, in- cluding forays into new prod- uct development, with details to be announced in the coming months.


TCB is said to have invested just shy of £1m in the facility at its Wellpark brewery.


“We’re investing just under £1m in this facility, ahead of other things we could have done, such as refurbishing our offices. “We’ve prioritised the trade and our customers and tried to add some value to the trade and business in general.


“The focus is on hospitality, but it covers a wide range of business. We really think it’s in the interests of everyone, whether it’s customers, con- sumers or shareholders, for Tennent’s to raise standards in the hospitality industry.” The facility is the latest in a string of major investments made by Magners owner C&C since acquiring the Tennent’s business last year. This year the brand has be- come the new sponsor of Old Firm football clubs Rangers and Celtic, screened its first TV ads in several years and extended loan facilities to customers for


pub acquisitions and refurbish- ments.


And Lees revealed further


He said the Tennent’s business has benefited from its move into the C&C stable. “We’re definitely gaining share in the on-trade in terms of Tennent’s Lager,” he said. “What’s interesting is that people [customers] like the Scottish focus now and the fact we have a team based in Glas- gow for things like accounts payable and credit. “A combination of factors are beginning to take some mo- mentum. “We are now far more dy- namic and enterprising and are looking at a number of differ- ent opportunities.”


Who served all the pies?


GLASGOW venue Oran Mor celebrated its 200th Play, Pie & A Pint last month – six years since the first was held in the former church. The events run every lunchtime, Monday to Saturday, with a new play performed every week for 30 weeks of the year. The venue celebrated its 200th event with a series of mini plays, which were crammed into the one-hour lunchtime slot and focused on the theme of ‘Glasgow now and then’.


Heineken has sponsored the event since its


acquisition of Scottish & Newcastle, which backed it under the McEwan’s brand. “We are delighted to have reached our 200th play and with Heineken’s support the reputation and popularity of the Play, Pie & A Pint events continue to grow,” said Oran Mor owner Colin Beattie. “We are looking forward to a bumper pantomime season as this time of year is traditionally very popular with our customers wanting a little bit of Christmas cheer in the lead up to the festive break.”


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