Berlinky's

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In this episode of AT THE BAR 🍸 Justin chats with Gavin - GM of the famous Berkinky’s in Glasgows Sauchiehall St. 

Gavin chats about the venues focus on experiance & service and trying to bring a new and fresh approach to customers. 

He discusses with Justin the wide array of entertainment on offer from live music , comedy nights with famous faces like Karen Dunbar to live circus acts and dancers there really is an experience for everyone’s taste. 

Natalie visits a venue close to our heart in London ,

 the beautiful and history laden Sophie's Soho . Natalie sits down with the fantastic Rupert Power owner of Sophie's and other iconic venues in the group who has a wealth of experiance and knowledge of the hospitality industry and nightlife industries in London over the years to chat about the history of the venue

In the first show of 2025 Natalie meets Rebeccah from Cut Bothwell to chat about the historic venue , the famous food and bringing a new twist to a traditional menu.  Rebeccah also give Natalie a tour of the venue and discusses some of the unique touches that make the venue so special.   

Morgan also shares some of the venues cocktails for Natalie to sample 

In this episode Justin speaks to Stephen owner of The Downfield in Dundee and Mark at our partners NationWide Energy Consultants about a challange that many venues dealing with …. their energy costs.   Stephen discusses the importance of having the right provider a relationship that they can trust to provide support and how much that has helped his business grow.   Mark goes into detail on the different challanges and how they are helping venues like The Downfield and others make sense of the ev

In this episode Justin sits down with Denis co founder of our partners at Payfacto and Willie senior sales for UK for the brand to discuss card payment solutions and the importance of the right advice and supplier to hospitality. 

With so many offering and option on the market Justin chats to the team about the cost of ownership , why “ cheap hardware “ can sometimes mean higher longterm costs and the importance of the relationship and what the impact is to the industry.

Natalie speaks to Laura-Ann McEwan head of events at the venue for Sodexo live! 

discussing why the venue has so much more than it's rich racing history alone.

from weddings to charity events and corporate events Hamilton Park really is a unique place .

Laura-Ann also discusses the plans for the venue and other exciting events in the pipeline .

Justin has a face to face frank discussion with John Mason MSP on the plight of the industry and asks for his support following the MSPs comments where he stated that he believed venues were "raking it in " & "very busy " .

Justin also discusses the importance of VAT reduction to provide help to the industry and the huge difference that would make to venues being able to stay in business .

Justin sits down with the panel consisting 

of 

Michael Bergson ( Bucks Bar Group), 

Stephen Montgomery (SHG)

Leon Thompson ( UKHospitality Scotland)

Fiona McKinnon ( Anderson Strathern LLP)

To discuss the key challenges facing the industry including , LEZ, Rates & Employment 

The panel will meet each quarter to dig deep into the issues the industry face and look for solutions to them.