S&N buys out Caledonian Brewery
11-Apr-2008
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has bought out Caledonian Brewery, ahead of its own takeover by Heineken.S&N acquired the Caledonian Brewery...
11-Apr-2008 By Roger protz
Journalists are supposed to be a hard-bitten crowd but occasionally even we can shed a tear. Last Friday I had a piece in The Guardian about the...
Ales for all seasons
10-Apr-2008
Greene King Brewing Company has unveiled its seasonal cask ale range for 2008, looking to give licensees increasing choice of cask ales throughout...
10-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Greene King Brewing Company has unveiled its seasonal cask ale range for 2008. Following the recent popularity of seasonal ales such as Abbot Reserve...
Coors to dim Burton's shining light
10-Apr-2008
Staffordshire's Coors Visitor Centre deserves the same investment as its Colorado counterpart Journalists are supposed to be a hard-bitten crowd but...
Peter Morris is Thwaites MD
10-Apr-2008
Daniel Thwaites, the Lancashire-based brewer and pub operator, has appointed Peter Morris as its new managing director. Morris has joined the company...
Survey: young adults prefer spirits to beer in pubs
10-Apr-2008
The drinking habits of young adults vary wildly between the home and the pub. Wine is more than three times as popular for home drinking, while...
Pub scraps draught lager
10-Apr-2008
A small Lincolnshire brewer has opened a second pub banning the sale of draught lager. Highwood Brewery boss Tom Wood said the policy was designed...
Carling logos to be removed from kids' Celtic and Rangers shirts
09-Apr-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Coors Brewers and Celtic and Rangers football clubs have announced that Carling branding will be removed from children's replica shirts from next...
09-Apr-2008 By MA Reporter
Scott's CV BackgroundDavid Scott began his career at Greene King in 1999, working as assistant brand manager on Greene King IPA and Abbot Ale. He...
08-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Meantime Brewing Company is reviving one of London's oldest breweries at the Old Royal Naval College
18th century brewery to be brought back to life
08-Apr-2008
One of London's oldest brewing sites is being brought back to life by the Meantime Brewing Company. The brewer has just started excavation and...
'Carlsberg overtakes Stella as Britain's best-selling booze'
08-Apr-2008
Carlsberg has called time on Stella's dominance as Britain's best-selling booze. The Danish brewing giant - famous for its "probably the best"...
08-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
St Austell Brewery has signed a sponsorship deal to support Brixham Rugby Club. The agreement means Brixham's first team will take to the field next...
07-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Cornish brewer aims to cut its carbon footprint by a third in five years
07-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Move assures consumers that Young's Bitter is made using only British raw ingredients
Profile: On an upward trajectory
07-Apr-2008
There were many high-flying new entries into The Publican's top 200 Brands Report this year - but one that really stood out was St Austell Tribute,...
Investor demands Adnams changes share structure
07-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
A row has reignited between Suffolk brewer Adnams and one of its shareholders, investment firm Guinness Peat Group (GPG).As well as calling for...
Appletiser launches 'younger sister'
05-Apr-2008
Appletiser is following up the success of its Peartiser variant with the launch of a range of mixed fruit soft drinks, branded Fruitiser.The three...
04-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Unite launches campaign to halt the closure of Reading brewery
Ask An Expert: Cask ale temperature
04-Apr-2008
Some customers have complained that my cask beer is too warm. Surely it's meant to be that way?The rest of the world joke about the Brits' love of...
'Heineken wins partial approval for S&N purchase'
04-Apr-2008
Heineken has won partial approval from the European Commission to buy parts of Scottish & Newcastle, in the takeover also involving Carlsberg -...
Thompson to stay in brewing industry
04-Apr-2008
Rupert Thompson, chief executive of Refresh UK says he is to stay on in the industry following the sale of the business to Marston's...
Fresh hope for Coors visitor centre
04-Apr-2008
A new focus group will look for ways to save the threatened Coors Visitor Centre from closure, MP Janet Dean has said.The Labour politician will work...
Argument for polycarbonates branded "illogical
03-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
A leading police officer has come under fresh attack for calling for a blanket ban on glass in pubs. Chris Allison, the Association of Chief Police...
Revealed: the plan to slow falling beer sales and save a million barrels
03-Apr-2008
The beer and cider market is heading for a steep decline, but S&NUK believes if the industry adopts its ground-breaking vision now, damage can be...
Moorhouse's: from micro brewer to major employer
03-Apr-2008
Where the Lancashire mills lie derelict, brewing can promote regeneration - if Government gives it a chance David Grant is passionate about brewing...
Thwaites appoints new managing director
02-Apr-2008 By Tony Halstead
Northern brewer and pub retailer Daniel Thwaites has appointed Peter Morris as its new managing director.
A Pub to be Proud of: White Hart doing it for themselves
02-Apr-2008
WALKING INTO the White Hart in Carmarthen, South Wales, is like walking into Noah's Ark. Chickens and more exotic birds squawk in its hallway, a...
01-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Leicestershire brewer will also absorb some of the duty rise on beer
31-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Globe Pub Company beer sales down by 8% and 35 pubs are paying nil rent
Focus Scotland: Caledonian and cask
31-Mar-2008
Stephen Crawley, managing director of Caledonian Brewery, is a man of several talents - not least a serious cricketing ability. If you don't believe...
S&N shareholders vote 99 to 1 in favour of takeover
31-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) chairman Sir Brian Stewart described today's decision by shareholders to approve Carlsberg and Heineken's takeover...
S&N shareholders rubber-stamp Carlsberg/Heineken takeover
31-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) shareholders have rubber stamped Carlsberg/Heineken's £7.6bn takeover bid.Observers leaving S&N's...
'Meeting marks end of 250-year brewing tale'
31-Mar-2008
Sir Brian Stewart will effectively call time on Scottish & Newcastle's life as a public company today at an extraordinary meeting to vote on the...
31-Mar-2008
Scottish & Newcastle shareholders have approved the takeover bid from Carlsberg and Heineken. The 800p-a-share offer, which values the company at...
28-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Suffolk brewer and retailer plans to have 30 Cellar & Kitchen stores open by 2012 as part of a plan to more than double profits
Adnams halts shareholder revolt
28-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer, has quashed a shareholder revolt.An unnamed shareholder had pushed for the second time for the rights associated with the...
27-Mar-2008 By Graham Ridout
Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&N) is to fit widgets in canned versions of Fosters and Kronenbourg lagers.
What women want
27-Mar-2008
Despite its revival in many UK pubs, real ale still conjures up images for many consumers that are not exactly classy: over-50s men matching their...
S&NUK brews plan to halt falling sales
27-Mar-2008 By Caroline Nodder
Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&NUK) has issued a rallying call to the industry to help halt falling wet sales in pubs.The brewer, which produces...
Wetherspoon's ale fest aims to shift 2.6 million pints
27-Mar-2008
High street pub operator JD Wetherspoon is aiming to sell 2.6 million pints of cask beer in just 19 days during its International Real Ale Festival,...
27-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Scottish & Newcastle has unveiled a new five-year campaign designed to increase on-trade sales by £700m
Cobra signs TV deal with Dave
27-Mar-2008
Lager brand Cobra has signed a one-year deal to be the main prime-time sponsor on UKTV channel Dave. Under the £2m-plus deal, Cobra Beer will become...
27-Mar-2008 By Stephen Crawley
It's high time there were beer menus as well as wine lists in our licensed outlets, says Caledonian Brewery MD Stephen Crawley. On a recent trip to...
26-Mar-2008 By MA reporter
Wells and Young's Brewing Company was formed in 2006 from the brewing and brands divisions of both Charles Wells Ltd and Young's and Co plc
26-Mar-2008 By MA reporter
Brulines is the world leader in beer monitoring technology, and now manages information on beer dispense, brand quality, AWP and games machine...
Roy Beers: Ready for round two of the great war on smoking?
25-Mar-2008
It's still, take your pick, either the "greatest health reform for a generation" or (my preference) a crude attempt at social engineering which badly...
25-Mar-2008 By Noli Dinkovski
Grand National sponsor John Smith's has announced the final 10 riders to compete in its charity horse race at Aintree on 5 April. The John Smith's...
20-Mar-2008 By John Harrington
Unite says draymen are under pressure to deliver more beer with fewer workers
