Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | September 2026 Price them as events and open the calendar early. Kelso’s National Hunt racing runs between September and the end of May, Civic Week fills July, and the Border Union Show brings the farming county into town. All of them bring guests who book months ahead and […]
Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | September 2026 Usually, yes. Peebles diners compare you with Edinburgh, 23 miles away, and the commuters, comfortable retirees and Tweed Valley visitors who eat here pay city prices for good food. Menus here often sit below what the market will carry, and at a 4.2% average net margin […]
Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | October 2026 Run both, and charge differently for them. Walk-ins fill a chair on a quiet Tuesday; bookings fill a Saturday and let you plan the day around the takings. Walk-in only, 6 days a week, is the usual Jedburgh model, and it works until the queue walks […]
Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | September 2026 Yes, if the offer fits the timetable rather than the workshop’s habits. Transport Scotland found 39% of Borders Railway users travelling for a day trip or an overnight stay, and passenger numbers far above forecast. A commuter who drops the car at the station at seven […]
Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | September 2026 Usually, yes. Peebles has some of the strongest spending power in the south of Scotland: Edinburgh commuters 23 miles down the road, comfortable retirees, and Tweed Valley visitors who pay city prices for a good pint without a second look. The rents are priced for that […]
Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | September 2026 Between 6% and 12% net, on Nory’s UK takeaway benchmarks, and a Hawick shop should be aiming at the top of that range because its running costs are lower than in the pricier Borders towns. Tenzo’s 2026 figures put quick-service restaurants at 6% to 9%. The […]
Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | September 2026 Because no other Borders town feeds so many people on a weekday. Galashiels has students, commuters and shoppers moving through its centre five days a week, and when the working day ends, a bigger share of them order in than anywhere else in the region. The […]
Race Days, Show Week And The Biggest Square In Scotland: Making A Kelso Café Pay All Year Round Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | August 2026 Bank the big days and stop the ordinary days giving them back. That’s the short answer for Kelso. The town gives a café two very different trades: surge […]
Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | September 2026 Ask anyone who has walked the Borders Abbeys Way what they wanted most at the end of the Jedburgh leg, and the answer is rarely complicated: something hot, generous and ready in minutes. The town sits at the meeting point of some of the best days […]
Commuters, Students And The Tapestry: The Borders’ Most Dependable Café Trade, And How To Turn It Into Profit Carlton Scott | Scottish Borders Business | August 2026 Build the café around the customers Galashiels actually has: commuters, students and day visitors, each needing a different thing from you. That’s the short answer. Galashiels has more […]