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The Herald Scotland
23-05-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Tearoom at same Scottish roadside site for 87 years sold
Barry McNeil, director at Cornerstone Business Agents, handled the sale of the Tinto Hill Tearoom in Thankerton. He said: "The tearoom is a popular and much-loved roadside stop-off, situated on the A73 halfway between Biggar and Lanark. "Loved by several generations of locals and passers-by, a tearoom has traded from the site in some format since 1938. "We were able to attract significant levels of interest in the site before completing the deal." He said the team is "delighted to confirm the successful sale". Donald Trump calls for more North Sea drilling with Aberdeen 'the hub' Donald Trump has called on the UK to continue drilling for oil in the North Sea and keep Aberdeen as "the hub". The US president says drilling needs to incentivised by the UK government and posted on his Truth Social platform that things need to change to help bring down energy costs. Mr Trump has been vocal about the North Sea oil industry in the past and now wants to see Scotland and the rest of the UK stop building 'unsightly' windfarms and focus on oil instead. He insists there is still at least 100 years of drilling left for companies and it will help Aberdeen and the rest of the country. AROUND THE GREENS ⛳ Golfing as they did in Edwardian times This article appears as part of Kristy Dorsey's Around the Greens series Believed to be the only pure hickory golf course in Europe, the greens and collars at Kingarrock in Fife are hand-cut, with fairways and tees mowed using 1920s-style trailed gangs. No fertilisers or artificial irrigation are used anywhere on the course, which provides a more natural, less manicured, and therefore more authentic feel.
The Herald Scotland
27-04-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Plans for 'comprehensive transformation' of Scottish airport
AviAlliance, which acquired Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports owner AGS for an enterprise value of £1.53 billion, said its plans constituted the "single largest capital investment programme in AGS since it was formed in 2014". Another potential design for the airport. (Image: AGS Airports) It said the transformation of the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport would deliver 'best-in-class operational and retail facilities for passengers'. Avi Alliance, the wholly owned airports platform of one of Canada's largest pension investors, said the plans for Glasgow Airport also included direct investment into airfield infrastructure and energy-efficiency initiatives. Read Ian McConnell's story here and exclusive interview here Speakeasy opens at once dry hotel as part of overhaul Three generations of the Leckie family in the hotel's new Ballroom Bar (left to right): Fiona, Sarah, Louisa, Charlie, Janet, Richard and Stephen Leckie. (Image: Crieff Hydro) A speakeasy bar has been introduced to a once famously dry Scottish hotel as part of a radical overhaul of a Victorian-era resort. The owners of Crieff Hydro have invested £5.2 million to transform key aspects of the food and beverage operation at the popular Perthshire destination. It is one of the biggest single capital expenditure projects to be made by the Leckie family in the hotel, which has seen the creation of six new bars and restaurants within its public areas. And it marks a significant moment of succession planning for the business, with Richard and Charlie Leckie - sons of chief executive Stephen Leckie and wife Fiona, the group's long-standing head of interiors - credited with creating the 'vision' for the project. Read Scott Wright's story here 'Exciting new chapter' as two historic Scottish legal firms merge Some of the staff (Image: Thorntons) Two historic Scottish legal firms have merged to launch one of the largest law operations in the country. The merged firms now have a headcount of more than 640, including 77 partners, with offices across Scotland. Thorntons said it has significantly strengthened its market presence and share following the completion of its strategic merger with Macnabs. The newly enlarged firm - the fourth largest independent operator in Scotland - is now fully operational as Thorntons and said it has been bolstered by the addition of a new office in Bridge of Allan. Read Brian Donnelly's story here AROUND THE GREENS ⛳ Bakery teams up with Scottish Golf for expansion drive Richard Crabtree (left) and Jim Mosley say they have more high nutrition products in development. (Image: St Andrews Bakery) This article appears as part of Kristy Dorsey's Around the Greens series St Andrews Bakery was set up in 2019 by founder and managing director Richard Crabtree, an industry veteran who has held executive and non-executive positions at Mars, McVitie's and Burtons. He was joined a few years later by co-owner Jim Mosley, a friend of Mr Crabtree's since their university days at Liverpool. Together they devised a strategic plan to develop a set of products focused on the golf and hospitality sectors. Last month St Andrews Bakery was named as the official snack partner of Scottish Golf, the governing body for the game in this country. Under the three-year agreement, the bakery's Golf Balls protein snack range will feature at all of this year's Scottish Golf events, and will also be available to the country's performance squads. Mr Mosley says the deal is "hugely important" for St Andrews Bakery.
