Heineken is set to create around 1,000 jobs as part of a major investment plan which will revamp and reopen dozens of pubs across the UK.<\/p>\n
The Dutch brewing giant said it will provide a \u00a340 million cash injection into its Star Pubs operation.<\/p>\n
It said more than 600 of its 2,400 UK venues will receive investment funds to make improvements over the next year.<\/p>\n
The company has spent \u00a31.28m reopening four long-term closed Scottish pubs in the last six months:\u00a0The Howard Arms in Kilmarnock;The New Rhindsdale Tavern in\u00a0Baillieston, The Scoonie Tavern in Leven and The Station Inn in Braidwood. <\/p>\n
Heineken said it has earmarked a\u00a0further \u00a34.5m for pubs in Scotland, which will result in an estimated 150 new jobs.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Brilliant’ and ‘superb’ Scottish cocktail bars named the best in the world<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018No shortage of interest\u2019: Family sells popular pub after 20 years<\/a><\/p>\n I did the Glasgow sub crawl sober and discovered what\u2019s killing our pubs<\/a><\/p>\n 28 pubs have been identified for improvements, with 20\u00a0in line for “transformational works” costing on average \u00a3212,000, the brewing giant said.<\/p>\n One such pub<\/a> is Van Winkle\u00a0in Glasgow<\/a>, where a \u00a3275,000 revamp is underway to turn it into Gael & Grain, a pub celebrating Scottish food, drink and music.<\/p>\n Lawson Mountstevens, Star Pubs\u2019 managing director said: \u201cWe\u2019ve invested over \u00a31.28m in reopening four long-term closed pubs in Scotland in the last six months alone and they\u2019ve all had a terrific response from local residents. Even with pressures on disposable income, people are still prioritising a trip to their local, valuing it as an everyday treat and as a way of connecting with their community. But they want to be guaranteed a quality experience: relaxing in an attractive setting is an important factor when pubgoers choose where to spend their money.<\/p>\n \u201cThe vast majority of our pubs are leased by independent operators who run them as their own. Investing in them keeps alive the tradition of individual locals, each with its own unique feel and serving the particular needs of its community.<\/p>\n \u201cStar Pubs\u2019 licensees in Scotland employ some 2,500 people, support many Scottish suppliers and raise thousands of pounds for local charities and good causes every year. Pubs are the lifeblood of their communities and growth engines for the UK economy however they are being penalised by a disproportionate tax burden, which we hope will be addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n Heineken’s\u00a0announcement regarding investment in Scottish pubs comes on the same day First Minister John Swinney<\/a> opens its new headquarters at 6 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh<\/a> ahead of the expiry of the lease on its previous premises in South Gyle. Heineken, which employs over 500 people in Scotland,\u00a0has invested \u00a32m in remodelling the St Andrew Square offices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heineken is set to create around 1,000 jobs as part of a major investment plan which will revamp…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,4884,2892,1197,37607,712,37608,37609,37610,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-76261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-heineken","11":"tag-investment","12":"tag-investment-funds","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-scottish-pubs","15":"tag-the-howard-arms","16":"tag-the-station-inn","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114454851923547931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}