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Brakes Scotland Highly Commended in 'Best for Scottish' category at Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2024
A leading supplier to the foodservice industry, Brakes Scotland, is Highly Commended in the Best for Scottish (Multiple) Award at the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2024. Brakes Scotland, has built a strong reputation for championing local sourcing over the past 30 years, collaborating with more than 70 Scottish suppliers.

Loch Lomond Distillery underlines global growth in Scotch whisky market following exceptional performance at top global awards
Independent distiller gains recognition worldwide for its exceptional whiskies at both San Francisco World Spirts Competition 2024 and IWSC 2024.

Winners of Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2024 announced
For more than 20 years, the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards have celebrated the best of Scotland’s food and drink sector. Last night (9 October) continued the tradition, with industry leaders gathering to honour this year's finalists and winners.

In-Drinks Catalyst Launches Search for UK’s Best New Drinks Businesses
The business accelerator competition helping emerging drinks companies in their start-up journey, In-Drinks Catalyst, has launched its third year and is now open for entries.

Five Kingdoms takes glory in bottled beer competition
Five Kingdoms’ Dark Storm Stout (6.9%) has been awarded the CAMRA’s prestigious Champion Bottled Beer of Britain award.

Forever Edinburgh launches Meet Edinburgh’s Makers, a toast to the city’s distillers and brewers
Forever Edinburgh launches a new series to showcase the creativity and craftsmanship of Edinburgh's local producers, starting with the city's dynamic distilling and brewing scene.

Dumfries employers gain insight into Ambassador programme
The Scottish Food & Drink Ambassador programme was showcased in Dumfries yesterday (Monday), as employers learned how to “feed their future workforce”.

Finalists Announced for Scotland Food & Drink Bookable Food and Drink Experiences Programme
Scotland Food & Drink, the leadership organisation for the nation's food and drink industry, has revealed its finalists for their pilot Bookable Food and Drink Experiences training programme.

Third time’s a charm as Aberdeen Cocktail Week returns for 2024 festival
Aberdeen’s annual cocktail festival will make its welcome return this autumn as the date and line-up for the third event are announced.

New Appointments to the SAOS Board
The Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS), whose focus is on co-operation in food and farming supply chains, has welcomed Vicky Warcup and Murray Forsyth to their Board of Directors following the organisations recent AGM.