Roy Beers: Greene shoots of recovery at JD Wetherspoon
15-Jan-2009
The Highland News wrote a tub-thumping leader article, which (in a spirit of righteous post-Hogmanay Calvinism) thundered: "On the day the Highland...
ALMR urges flexibility over beer tie
15-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has been forced to clarify its position on the beer tie following controversial evidence given...
'Daniel Thwaites to cut 80 jobs'
15-Jan-2009
Daniel Thwaites is planning to cut 80 jobs in response to the economic downturn. Thwaites, which dates back to 1807 and makes Lancaster Bomber beer,...
Tiger Beer added to S&N's portfolio
15-Jan-2009
Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) UK has gone some way towards filling gaps punched recently in its speciality beer portfolio by adding Tiger Beer to...
15-Jan-2009 By Tony Halstead
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites is to convert 37 managed pubs to lease and tenanted operations in a bid to "simplify its business." A further five...
15-Jan-2009 By Sonya Hook
A wine that is designed to help the on-trade keep its wine offer simple for both staff and consumers has been launched by Wheelbarrow Wines. Old Spot...
Monthly icons at Wye Valley
15-Jan-2009 By Sonya Hook
Herefordshire's Wye Valley Brewery has launched a range of beers to fit its 2009 monthly beer calendar. The brewery will have a different beer for...
15-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
The Government has announced a crackdown on rogue scrap-metal dealers to target the epidemic of beer keg thefts. A new National Metal Theft Crime...
14-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
A total of 1,200 Punch licensees are currently receiving special support from the company at a cost of £1.6m a month, the pubco says.
The four-pack
14-Jan-2009
When Miller Brands announced its Miller Beer was to be pulled out of the UK early this year, citing strong competition among lagers with an ABV...
Budweiser 7p price rise due to "tough climate
14-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore
Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has cited the "tough economic climate" as one reason for hiking its prices by an average of 7p per pint on draught...
Coors plans to get a million more people into pubs
14-Jan-2009
Brewer Coors plans to spend £10m on marketing Carling in 2009 in a bid to encourage up to a million people to drink the lager in their local.This is...
14-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Coors is to splash out over £10m in a bid to get one million people back in pubs in 2009. The brewer has promised to double last year's £5m...
Pilsner Urquell signs Open Championship deal
13-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
SABMiller has signed a five-year deal with golf body the R&A which will see Pilsner Urquell become the official beer of the Open Championship....
13-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Czech beer Pilsner Urquell has agreed a five-year deal to become the official beer of golf's Open Championship. The deal starts in 2009 at Turnberry...
12-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has reached an agreement to exclusively import, market and distribute Tiger Beer in the UK from 2 March 2009.
New Hydes seasonal beers
12-Jan-2009
Manchester brewer Hydes has announced details of a seasonal ale programme for 2009 that will see a different beer themed around discovery released...
InBev announces 7p per pint price rise
12-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore
InBev UK is raising prices on its draught products by an average of seven pence per pint from next month. The brewer, whose brands include Stella...
12-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
InBev UK has slapped an average 7p increase on the wholesale price of a pint from 2 February. The Stella Artois brewer increased prices on two...
09-Jan-2009 By Roger Protz
When Marston's bought Jennings in 2005, many said the Lakeland brewery was doomed. Far from it…
Darts tournament reaches climax
09-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican-backed John Smith's People's Darts Championship is set for a thrilling finish with the final stages being held this week. Players...
08-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
Tetley's has signed a new deal to be the offical beer of the rugby club Worcester Warriors until 2012. The Carlbserg UK-owned brand has sponsored the...
Constellation restructures
07-Jan-2009
Constellation Europe has announced major changes to its structure, with two senior members of the team appointed to new positions. The UK and...
Untangling the Matthew Clark/ Punch Taverns tie-up
07-Jan-2009
MATTHEW CLARK'S role in supplying UK pubs was already complicated enough before Punch Taverns took a 50 per cent stake in it in mid-2007. Acquired by...
Red Stripe Music Award returns
07-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Music venues across the country are in for a boost with the launch of this year's Red Stripe Music Award (RSMA). This month sees the start of a...
Could drinks price war be on horizon?
07-Jan-2009
Competition among managed pubcos over drinks pricing appears to be hotting up following Wetherspoon's decision to discount Greene King IPA to 99p per...
07-Jan-2009 By www.clickliverpool.com
A Labour MP has sparked an inquiry into a drinks deal at Tesco, claiming it used "bait advertising" to lure customers in. Rosie Cooper, MP for West...
06-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
InBev UK is set to close its Stag brewery in Mortlake, London by 2010 — the site was acquired through its recent merger with Anhesuer-Busch.
Smoothly does it
06-Jan-2009
Any new smoothflow version of a classic cask beer is sure to re-start murmurings among the cask beer die-hards about big business nailing down the...
S&N to make sales team redundancies
06-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&N) has today confirmed it is to restructure its on-trade field sales team, but says it is "business as usual"...
InBev set to axe jobs and Mortlake brewery
06-Jan-2009
InBev has this morning announced a review of the business that looks likely to result in a number of UK job losses and the closure of...
Microbrewery to star in TV show
05-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A brewer who makes her beer in her 89-year-old mother-in-law's garage is set to star in a new TV show. Patsy Slevin, of Prospect Brewery in Wigan,...
Roy Beers: Why Scots small brewer went beserk over a name change saga
05-Jan-2009
"The men of the Northlands sit by their great log fires and tell a tale" (as Noggin the Nog famously began) of a long drawn out bid by the drinks...
Greene King "disappointed" at JDW price promotion
02-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Greene King brewing boss Justin Adams has hit out at JD Wetherspoon's decision to sell IPA at just 99p per pint. The 713-strong pub chain unveiled a...
JD Wetherspoon unveils the 99p credit crunch pint
02-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has said it is dropping beer prices to encourage more people to the pub. The price of certain drinks at all 713 pubs in the...
'Pub chain slashes beer prices'
02-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Leading managed pub chain JD Wetherspoon is to slash prices on some drinks and food, offering a pint of beer for less than £1, down to 1989 prices....
Price promotion ban 'won't cut binge drinking'
29-Dec-2008
Axing price promotions and 'happy hours' in pubs and bars in the name of responsible retailing might have backfired.Analysing an increase in...
Diageo unveils Guinness rugby package
24-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Diageo has unveiled details of a Guinness support package for licensees during the RBS Six Nations. Around 6,000 pubs across Great Britain will...
Globe pubs "not struggling", says S&NPE
23-Dec-2008 By Hamish Champ
Sources close to Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) have denied reports that a large number of pubs within the Globe Pub Company...
'Skull Splitter' saved after complaint dismissed
23-Dec-2008
Orkney-based Sinclair Breweries is celebrating after being told it can carry on producing its Skull Splitter ale after drinks industry watchdog, the...
'Beer goggles last longer for women'
22-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Researchers found that women who drink even moderately develop a reduced ability to rate attractiveness in male faces, even when they are sober....
Chinese New Year plans for Tsingtao
18-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Tsingtao beer is to get a major push in January in a bid to improve the popularity of the drink outside of the Chinese community. UK distributors...
'EU backs down on pint ban'
17-Dec-2008
Britain has won the last round of its battle to keep pints and miles, Euro MPs ruled yesterday. Decades of wrangling between London and Brussels over...
Support grows for Axe the Beer Tax
17-Dec-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed that around 11,000 people have already pledged their support to Axe the Beer Tax - Save...
Carlsberg to launch Tetley's 100 Club website
17-Dec-2008 By James Wilmore
Carlsberg is launching a website for its Tetley's 100 Club rewards scheme next year to allow members to interact with each other. Membership of the...
15-Dec-2008 By Gemma McKenna
Halewood International (HI), importers of Tsingtao Chinese beer, plans to bring the beer to the on trade to coincide with the Chinese New Year
15-Dec-2008 By The PMA Team
Lancashire-based regional brewer Daniel Thwaites has announced a trio of key director appointments as part of a newly-restructured operations board....
Comment: Queen's speech no concern for responsible licensees
15-Dec-2008
Should the content concerning the drinks industry in the Queen's Speech cause us concern?As debate continues following the Policing and Crime Bill...
S&NPE pulls Cains' beers
15-Dec-2008 By James Wilmore
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) has stopped supplying Cains' beers to its licensees - saying it is a "commercial decision". It...
The Rose & Crown gets more real
14-Dec-2008
Rose and Crown - Visit 2FavershamDate of visit 25.11.08Time of visit 09.30Recommendations from last visit:• Have recommended that even if there is...
