S&NPE licensees wary after takeover
31-Jan-2008
Licensees are still waiting to find out how Heineken and Carlsberg's £7.6bn deal to takeover Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) will affect them....
Trading on track, claims Cains Beer Company
31-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Cains, the 100-pub strong Liverpool-based pubco and brewer, says it had made progress throughout its estate despite the impact of the smoking ban,...
31-Jan-2008 By Roger Protz
Beer expert Roger Protz considers the hops of Britain
Heineken heiress gets her wish
31-Jan-2008
When S&N's shareholders finally accepted Heineken and Carlsberg's overtures, the ink on the contract was barely dry before the Campaign for Real...
Young's buys three Capital pubs
30-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Capital Pub Company has sold three freehold pubs to South London operator Young & Co in an £8.5m deal.One of the sites, the Cock & Hen in...
Comment: Time for InBev to grow up
29-Jan-2008
It was just a normal Monday morning. Scottish & Newcastle had just opened its books to the Carlsberg consortium. And yet my thoughts were...
Nick Yates: Fuller's fires starting pistol for London Marathon
29-Jan-2008
So Fuller's London Pride, one of the headline sponsors of the London Marathon, wanted support from our magazine in the form of one of The Publican...
Mixability focus: Cold temperature, cool serve?
29-Jan-2008
I mean, it's just bloody frozen water after all. How the hell did we end up here? It will remain one of the great mysteries of my professional life...
29-Jan-2008
Marston's has extended its cricket sponsorship by becoming an official partner in the Twenty20 Cup. As part of the two-year deal, Marston's Smooth...
29-Jan-2008 By John Harrington
Carlsberg is increasing its prices roughly in line with inflation
Steve Curzon set to leave Adnams
28-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Adnams marketing director Steve Curzon is to leave the brewer at the end of March.He told thepublican.com: "After four fabulous years I will be...
28-Jan-2008
Manchester brewer has launched three new cask beers and announced plans for a range of seasonal brews
28-Jan-2008
Brits are the most generous round buyers in Europe, according to a new survey. An SAB Miller survey of European drinking culture revealed that 82% of...
25-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
Heineken has promised to retain Scottish & Newcastle pub management business
25-Jan-2008
The Campaign for Real Ale has slammed Scottish & Newcastle's decision to sell to Carlsberg & Heineken
Focus Wales: Breconshire Brewery
25-Jan-2008
"Excuse me. Do you know where the Breconshire Brewery is?" The taxi driver at Abergavenny train station looks flummoxed. I tell him it's in a place...
Britons the most generous beer buyers
25-Jan-2008
Britain's beer drinkers have been named the most generous in Europe after research conducted by one of the world's largest brewers found them to be...
Heineken to keep S&N pubs and brands
25-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Heineken says it expects to continue operating the pubs currently run by Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises, after the 800p a share bid tabled...
S&N succumbs to Carlsberg/Heineken for £7.6bn
25-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Carlsberg and Heineken have finally succeeded in their bitter battle to acquire Scottish & Newcastle (S&N).The pair announced this morning...
24-Jan-2008
Beer expert Roger Protz considers the consequences of Carlsberg & Heineken's bid for S&N
InBev fumes at Young's delisting
24-Jan-2008
INBEV HAS issued a furious response to a major pub company's decision to delist its flagship brand Stella Artois. Young's, which operates more than...
S&N deadline extended as takeover talks continue
24-Jan-2008
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has been given an extra 24 hours to try and thrash out a recommended 800p-a-share takeover bid by Carslberg and...
Shops to blame for youth drinking
24-Jan-2008
Licensees have welcomed research showing young people are five times more likely to buy alcohol from shops than from pubs.A study revealed 52 per...
Taking ale to new heights
24-Jan-2008
The first tranche of winners have been announced in Marston's CaskForce quality initiative - which is back for a third year. The pioneering scheme,...
24-Jan-2008 By John Harrington
The pub trade is facing up to the prospect this year that the average price of a pint of beer will rise to £3 or more. Caledonian brewery chief...
BUILDing A SPECIALITY BEER FOLLOWING
24-Jan-2008
Top tips from Beautiful Beer Platinum Award winner Fiona Hornsby, licensee of Liverpool's legendary Thomas Rigby's - which boasts more than 50 brews...
World beers
24-Jan-2008
With the choice of foreign premium brands now available, why not expand your beer offering - and your profits - with a few choice specialities. Kelly...
Taking ale to new heights
24-Jan-2008
As CaskForce heads into its third year, Tony Halstead finds out how life has improved for 2007's winner, Mike Ford at Punch's Farmers Arms in...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
24-Jan-2008
Batemans Lincolnshire-based Batemans has unveiled two heart-shaped pump clips to get licensees and customers in the mood for Valentine's Day....
Roy Beers: End of an era at the bar that made it to The Publican's final three
22-Jan-2008
I chose Latitude from the Atlas stable, now part of Highlands and Islands breweries combine, and it was a great choice. People who chose all sorts of...
22-Jan-2008
Dorset licensees Rob Martin and Paul Goldsack have launched their own micro-brewery. The pair, who run Ye Olde George Inn in Christchurch, will brew...
21-Jan-2008
Carlsberg's Alloa distribution centre may shut in August this year
Hamish Champ: S&N and the price of fish. Sorry, beer
21-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
I'd love to be a fly on the wall when the management team from Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) finally sits down with the gang from Carlsberg and...
Union demands help for Carlsberg depot workers facing sack
21-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
The trade union representing workers at Carlsberg's threatened distribution depot in Alloa is demanding the brewer plays its part in finding...
Rival bidders for S&N seem unlikely
21-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
The names of SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch and InBev are among those being added to a list of possible rivals to Carlsberg/Heineken's bid for Scottish...
18-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
AC Nielsen says on-trade beer volumes slumped by 6% in November 2007 compared to last year
Young's trades up drinks offer
18-Jan-2008
Young's has launched an initiative to enhance its premium drinks offering, in response to consumer demand. Starting this month Young's managers and...
18-Jan-2008
Cobra has acquired its first ever brewery in India. The group, owned by Lord Karan Bilimoria, has acquired a 76% controlling stake in Iceberg...
17-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
British brewer talks to Carlsberg and Heineken in relation to a possible offer of 800p per share
S&N opens its books to bidders
17-Jan-2008
Scottish & Newcastle has agreed to open talks with the consortium formed by rival brewers Carlsberg and Heineken over a possible takeover. A...
Young & Co proposes four-for-one share split
17-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
Young & Co, the south London-headquartered pubco, is proposing a four-for-one share split to increase liquidity in trading of the group's...
Thompson calls on brewing industry to be positive
17-Jan-2008
A leading brewery chief has called on the beer industry to "hold its nerve" in the face of rising costs and falling sales.Recent statistics showed...
17-Jan-2008
Station Porter from Wickwar brewery in Gloucestershire has been crowned Supreme Champion Winter Beer by Camra. The 6.1% abv porter is described in...
17-Jan-2008 By John Harrington
But brewer does not rule out further increases in 2008
17-Jan-2008 By Noli Dinkovski
An Oxfordshire licensee has been shortlisted to compete in the John Smith's People's Race at Aintree on Grand National day
Brewers go for lighter glass bottles
17-Jan-2008
Five brewers have adopted lighter glass bottles in a bid to help the environment. The combined efforts of Marston's, Miller, Scottish & Newcastle...
17-Jan-2008
Wells & Youngs is going great guns, says beer expert Roger Protz
Continental pub culture brought to Scotland
15-Jan-2008
Glasgow's West Brewing Company is a frequently busy 300-seater German bierhalle with its own brewery, producing real German beer - an established...
'No comment' on talk of raised offer for S&N
15-Jan-2008 By Hamish Champ
A spokesman for Carlsberg today declined to comment on reports that the Danish brewer and its consortium partner Heineken were set to increase their...
14-Jan-2008
US brewer Anheuser-Busch reportedly approaches S&N over BBH bid
