Draft Project News Today

As prices rise and pubs close, you'd be just as well staying in and figuring out how to make vodka from potatoes, write The Flying Pigs.

Owners of Aberdeen's The Draft Project have won a 10-month fight with licensing chiefs to prove the once-controversial beer tent is indoors.

Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week and covered a wide variety of cases.

An Aberdeen pub boss has spoken out about his family's shame after his son was convicted of dealing drugs at one of his city venues.

A PUB boss was nicked for drug dealing on the night his customers flouted Covid rules to celebrate Scotland’s Euros qualification.Paul Clarkson, 42,

Paul Clarkson - whose family firm owns pubs and restaurants including Soul, The Draft Project and Vovem - sold cocaine to fund his own habit.

Outdoor drinking and dining areas have brought the city to life, says food and drink journalist Karla Sinclair.

An Aberdeen pizza business has secured a hefty investment from local accountant Simon Cowie in return for a slice of the action.

Licensing authorities in Aberdeen may review rules around outdoor hospitality to keep up with change endured during the pandemic.

The Draft Project - a once-temporary beer tent off Union Street set up amid the pandemic - is to become a permanent part of The Howff.