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The SIA is consulting on whether there is a need for existing licence-holders to update their skills with top-up training, when they next renew their licences.

The Food Standards Agency is consulting on a voluntary scheme to introduce food calorie labelling at point of choice in all catering outlets. The deadline for submissions is 11th March 2010.

The Academy of Food & Wine (AFW), the UK’s professional training body for front-of-house service, is searching for the ‘Gastronomy Team of the Year’ and the deadline for entries has been extended exclusively for BII members to Friday 26th March.

The fourth annual British Tourism Week will take place from 15th to 21st March 2010 and this presents many opportunities for pubs, hotels and restaurants up and down the country.

Top tips and a change of leadership were both on the agenda at the BII Scotland AGM and event, which took place at Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh.

Work by the licensed retail industry’s professional body BII to strengthen its Benchmarking and Accreditation Service – BIIBAS – is now complete and the new-look scheme has been launched.

BII would like to congratulate the following members on reaching Fellow Member (FBII) status recently.

The licensed retail industry’s professional body BII has announced the winners of its 2009 training awards, the BII NITAs, at its awarding body conference in Coventry.

Advice on maximising your business followed by Deuchars sampling, curry and some great networking….. What better way is there for owners, managers and staff of pubs, clubs, bars and hotels in and around Edinburgh to spend a Tuesday evening?

Janet Hood, head of BII Scotland and a leading specialist in liquor licensing, has taken on an additional role as part-time consultant to the Aberdeen law firm of James & George Collie.