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Stirling Pubwatch goes Digital

Stirling’s Pubwatch initiative has powered back and has moved to be a fully digitised communications system. Pubwatch members, who make up most of Stirling’s licensed premises’ managers, have received new two-way digital radios thanks to funding from Go Forth Stirling BID and Police Scotland. The radios allow better communication and allow the city’s pub and club owners to contact and share information and photographs with each other to help combat anti-social behaviour.. The Pubwatch also has new co-chairs – Dave Thompson who is General Manager at the Fubar and Neil Campbell, Manager at the Kilted Kangaroo. They have taken over from Danielle McRorie-Smith who was its former Chair. Go Forth Stirling secured 15 radios for pub owners and other relevant stakeholders such as volunteers with the Safebase ‘safe haven’ initiative, taxi marshals and Stirling Street Pastors. They link pub and club managers with each other and to police officers, City Centre CCTV and the Thistles. Danielle McRorie-Smith, Project Director at Go Forth Stirling, said, “We were delighted to be able to provide the upgraded digital radio system to Stirling Pubwatch members and other relevant organisations. “This is an important investment which will make a significant difference to communications between night-time economy stakeholders and is much better and quicker than the old analogue system. “We want to help build confidence in Stirling’s evening economy and the radios give venues the capability to work together in a quick and secure fashion will help make our city as safe as possible. “Refreshing the Pubwatch scheme is a crucial step which highlights the efforts all premises are going to share best practice and work together to combat anti-social behaviour.”

The New World Trading Company have been given the thumbs up by Edinburgh Council to create a new two-storey restaurant at Edinburgh’s St Andrew’s Hall at St James Place, The company which has various brands has picked its Botanist brand to go into the city.

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It’s Cara Gold for Benromach

Benromach Distillery in Speyside has launched a new limited edition single malt, Benromach Cara Gold, using Cara Gold malted barley for the first time. Laid down in 2010 before being bottled in 2022, this expression is natural in colour and non-chill filtered. Keith Cruickshank, Distillery Manager at Benromach, said. “We love to get creative with our small batch vintage expressions and our Contrasts Range allows us to do this . Unlike any of our other expressions, we have used Cara Gold malt – this is a type of malted barley you would usually find in a brewery rather than a distillery and it has produced a beautiful and unique single malt. But, in true Benromach style, this whisky was made by hand for genuine character using the skills, expertise and senses of our small team of distillers.” Benromach Cara Gold is available on the Benromach website and at selected retailers worldwide but you will have to be quick there are only 1,500 bottles available.

World recognition for Carounn

Small-batch Scottish gin brand, Caorunn has been awarded Country Winner, for its Scottish Raspberry Gin, in the Flavoured Gin category, at the 2022 World Gin Awards. As Country Winner, Caorunn’s Scottish Raspberry will now go on to compete against all other Country Winner’s within the Flavoured Gin category, for the title of World’s Best Flavoured Gin. Caorunn says the award pays a timely homage to the brand’s proud Scottish roots and the careful, attention-to-detail that goes into the creation of Caorunn Gin – handcrafted in small batches at Balmenach Distillery in the Scottish Highlands. Lynne Buckley, Global Marketing Manager at Caorunn says, “It’s a huge honour to be awarded Country Winner in the flavoured gin category for Scottish Raspberry at this year’s World Gin Awards. Every small-batch of Caorunn we make is created with pride, passion and attention-to-detail to produce an invigorating, fresh, fullbodied and unique product that gin-lovers can enjoy for many more years to come.” In this year’s World Gin Awards, Caorunn Gin Master’s Cut has been awarded a Silver medal in the London Dry Gin category. These wins are the latest additions to Caorunn’s collection of prestigious awards. Caorunn Gin achieved 95 points and a Gold medal in the 2021 New York International Spirits Competition 2021 and Caorunn Gin Highland Strength achieved Double Gold medals in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2021.