Young's is prepared to grow, but at a measured pace
06-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Despite being flush with cash following the £70m sale of its famous Wandsworth brewery site nearly three years ago, Young & Co, the South London...
05-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team
Fuller's chairman Michael Turner has warned of the negative consequences of a referral of the beer tie to the Competition Commission. He said the...
Mark Daniels: The Beer Tie, Big Brother, and Clarkson for PM!
05-Jun-2009
Should MPs Decide The Fate of the Pub? Watching the Government melt before my very eyes on the news last night I couldn't help but think that a...
Unpaid bills put paid to Cobra Beer
05-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mounting unpaid bills were behind Bedford brewer Wells & Youngs' (W&Y) decision to cease production of Cobra lager three weeks ago.Cobra...
AB InBev pushes green message
05-Jun-2009
Global brewer AB InBev has launched a worldwide competition to find ways to conserve, recycle and reduce the resources used to produce its products...
Gatting launches Marston's charity ale
05-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Former England cricket captain Mike Gatting OBE has helped launch a new guest ale for brewer Marston's which will be in its pubs throughout this...
Fair Pint accuses Tuppen of "cynicism
05-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Campaign group Fair Pint has accused Enterprise Inns chief Ted Tuppen of "breathtaking cynicism" for suggesting that licensees need a support group,...
05-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Italian beer brand Peroni is offering punters the chance to win bespoke fashion gear designed by Antonio Beradi. The Peroni-Beradi collection,...
05-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
The EU has indicated its upcoming review of the beer tie could lead to changes in how the tie fits within European competition law. It also revealed...
05-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is celebrating the release of the new edition of its Good Beer Guide Belgium.
04-Jun-2009 By Roger Protz
The Kelham Island Tavern is a popular haven for beer fans, says Roger Protz.
AB InBev axes Castlemaine XXXX
04-Jun-2009
AB InBev has withdrawn Castlemaine XXXX from the UK market.The brewer, which produces the beer on licence, has agreed with brand owner Lion Nathan to...
Punch tells MPs beer tie probe would be a "waste of time and resources
04-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Punch Taverns chief executive Giles Thorley has written to MPs arguing an investigation into beer tie would be "a waste of time and resources". In an...
04-Jun-2009 By John Harrington & Gemma McKenna
A powerful alliance of anti-pubco campaigners is looking to Europe for a new front in their battle to break the beer tie. Fair Pint and the...
04-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Punch licensees in Bath — what they told Punch executives and the Morning Advertiser. Alan Morgan, Abbey Ales, the Star Background: Multiple lessee...
Beer Academy seeks business development manager
03-Jun-2009
The Beer Academy is advertising a new post - business development manager - to spearhead its growing UK business.Over 10,000 people have attended one...
Tesco boss defends alcohol promotions
03-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Ask licensees up and down the country what the biggest issues affecting them are, and you will be hit with a tirade. The beer tie, tax, the smoking...
03-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Thwaites has launched a new brew — Frothy Moth — inspired by the light and delicate wings of a moth. The ale is described as "an attractive light...
Old Speckled Hen unveils Dave TV ads
03-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Watch a video clip of Old Speckled Hen's new campaign ads as part of its sponsorship of prime time TV on lads channel Dave.
02-Jun-2009 By Sonya Hook
Guinness is offering pub goers the chance to win a VIP trip to South Africa to see the final Lions test match.
02-Jun-2009 By John Harrington
Fair Pint and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have launched a campaign urging the Government to refer the beer tie to the Competition Commission.
New technology offers cost savings on line cleaning
02-Jun-2009
A cellar services company has launched a new system it says can save pubs thousands of pounds a year by reducing the volume of beer lost during line...
Curry houses, not pubs, priority for new Cobra owners
02-Jun-2009
Molson Coors has suggested that it sees the priority for its newly-acquired Cobra beer brand as being consolidating distribution in curry houses,...
CAMRA to lodge beer tie "super complaint" by end of the month
02-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) will lodge a fast track "super complaint" with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) about the beer tie by the end of...
Fair Pint and FSB join forces on beer tie campaign
02-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Fair Pint and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have joined forces to put pressure on the government to refer the beer tie to the Competition...
01-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
Brewing giant Molson Coors has bought Cobra Beer out of administration — it will be run under a new joint venture.
Woodforde's brewery: no bar to growth
01-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
All too regularly one hears of a pub being converted into flats or a house, or simply demolished altogether by a property developer. The practice,...
Guinness promotion targets rugby fans
01-Jun-2009
Guinness is aiming to attract rugby fans to the pub through a promotion offering a VIP trip to South Africa to see the third and final British Lions...
UK remains near top of EU beer tax league
01-Jun-2009 By James Wilmore
Tax levels on UK beer remain the third highest in Europe - with British drinkers paying nine times the duty rate of their German counterparts, new...
Molson Coors buys Cobra Beer out of administration
01-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ
Cobra Beer, the Indian beer group founded 20 years ago by Karan Bilimoria, was last week bought out of administration by a joint venture controlled...
01-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
British beer drinkers pay more than nine times more duty than drinkers in Germany and France, new figures on tax rates show. Across the 27 EU...
29-May-2009 By Roger Protz
At Harvey's Brewery, in Lewes, they do things the time-honoured way, says Roger Protz.
29-May-2009 By Robyn Lewis
The Suffolk brewer will distribute Mythos beer in the UK and will be launching a new Swedish lager.
Marston's extends England cricket deal
29-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Marston's Pedigree will be the official beer of England until at least 2011 after announcing an extension to its contract with ECB. The deal also...
The next big thing in lager?
29-May-2009
Name-dropping is not an attractive trait. I realise this, so please excuse me.I was round at darts legend Bobby George's house the other day and we...
Mark Daniels: Real Beer, on a Real Pump please...
29-May-2009
Wells & Young's launched an innovative new font for their Bombardier cask ale last week, amidst fanfare and brouhaha that it could lift sales of...
Heineken takes on Globe Pub Co debt
29-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Heineken has announced it has bought bonds and bank debt held by the Robert Tchenguiz-owned Globe Pub Company (GPC) worth a face value of nearly...
Young's saw "sizeable offer" for pubs rejected
29-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Young & Co, the South London pub operator, made what it called a "sizeable offer" for a package of pubs but its bid was rejected, chief executive...
28-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
The BII's low cost rent adjudication scheme will fail unless the system for setting rents is overhauled, says Fair Pint.
28-May-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The Guild of Master Victuallers (GMV) will "take all steps necessary" to bring about the abolition of the tie.
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Keith Bott past chairman, Society of Independent Brewers (new entry), Julian Grocock chief executive, Society of Independent Brewers (new entry) Why...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Stephen Corbett, Mark Dodds, David Morgan, Brian Jacobs, Vince Power, Karl Harrison plus Greg Mulholland MP (new entry) Why they are on the list: The...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Jonathan Neame chief executive, Shepherd Neame (13) Why he is on the list: Increasingly high-profile boss of regional brewer and pub operator...
28-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Heineken, the owner of Scottish & Newcastle, has bought more Globe Pub Company debt at a discount, reducing its own net debt and realising a net...
Trade group joins calls for beer tie to be scrapped
28-May-2009 By James Wilmore
Members of the Guild of Master Victuallers have joined calls for an end to the beer tie by voting unanimously for the system to be abolished. At its...
27-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
A Labour MP is to meet with licensees in his area to discuss the beer tie before submitting his findings to the Government. Wrexham MP Ian Lucas is...
Caution over rise in April beer sales
26-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A market analyst has given a note of caution after figures were released indicating improved beer sales for last month. Figures released today show a...
The art of beer tasting notes
26-May-2009
In the tasting room in Everards' Leicester brewery stands a metal board crammed full of short descriptions of beers on magnetic strips that staff...
St Austell Brewery installs Brulines kit into 40 pubs
26-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
St Austell Brewery, the Cornish brewer, has announced it is installing Brulines' beer monitoring equipment into 40 of its 140-odd tenanted pubs.The...
26-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Beer volumes rose 2.8% in April on last year as pubs enjoyed a good Easter trade but analysts are taking a cautious view. The figures provided by...
