13-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has teamed up with e-commerce provider iTradeNetwork to launch a new consumer beer ordering website. The new site, www.classicales.co.uk...
10-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Carlsberg is further boosting the fashion credentials of its female brand Eve by hosting two fashion swap events at bars this month.
CAMRA proposes levy on off-trade sales
10-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
CAMRA has urged the government to consider a levy on bottles and cans of alcohol sold in the off-trade. The proposals have come in the group's...
09-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A prominent regional brewer has mounted a robust defence of using restrictive covenants in pub sales — saying MPs that want them banned "don't know...
08-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
Stockport's Arden Arms is packed. Even on a wet Monday. So what's the brewer's secret? Roger Protz reports.
08-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Whitbread plans to rollout the all-you-can eat offer to more of its Brewers Fayre estate after a successful trial. The group has been running the...
07-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) says there's a "compelling argument" for equalising duty for beer and cider — but not spirits.
African lager Windhoek gets autumn push
06-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Diageo is spending £400,000 to boost the profile of its Windhoek lager this autumn.
AB InBev launches pub training scheme
06-Sep-2010
AB InBev has launched a national Quality Training initiative for UK pubs and bars as part of its 2010 Stella Artois World Draught Master marketing...
06-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
In this month's focus on how to drive drink sales around food, Jo Bruce looks at ideas for wines and beers to match with Mediterranean food. There...
'MPs face dearer beer in the Commons'
05-Sep-2010
MPs will have to fork out a lot more in their taxpayer-subsidised bars in the Houses of Parliament when they return to work tomorrow (Monday). They...
Arkell's to push ahead with beer festival
03-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
In tribute to the death of its former chairman Peter Arkell, Swindon-based Arkell's has confirmed it will hold its beer festival on Saturday,...
03-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
The furore over Diageo's controversial plea for the duty escalator to remain in place for all products except spirits continues apace. This time it...
Julian Grocock: Microbrewers are not parasites
02-Sep-2010
At least in this country such sentiments tend to get no further than ill-considered calls for the forced repatriation of those who are "over here,...
Craft Beers: The American way
02-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Specialist beer importer Nigel Stevenson turns down his Jarvis Cocker album and says: "The people who make American craft beers are quite engaging...
Chris Maclean: A 36 hour opportunity to sell over 10,000 pints
02-Sep-2010 By Chris Maclean
In my cellar there are over 100 tubs of beer at the moment. The plan is that, by Monday, they should all be empty. I've a 36 hour opportunity to sell...
Premium Beers Focus: What 'premium' means to you
02-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Various brewers like to plug their products as being the second best standard premium lager or best-selling premium lager with the letter E in its...
SNP opts for 45p minimum price
02-Sep-2010
The Scottish government has today proposed that the minimum price of a unit of alcohol should be 45p. Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon...
Spirit producer tax plans would 'devastate' pubs
02-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Calls by spirits companies to overhaul the alcohol duty system would "devastate" beer production and lead to more pub closures, according to trade...
02-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Two pubs have each won a £2,000 makeover courtesy of Glidden Trade's Paint and a Pint competition, run in association with the Morning Advertiser....
Premium Beers Focus: News of the brews
01-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Kronenbourg 1664 Kronenbourg 1664 earned a Silver Licensee's Choice award in The Publican's Market Report 2010 in August and claimed a double gold...
Premium Beers Focus: The premier league
01-Sep-2010
What makes people pay more for some beers than others? Fancy fonts? Posh glassware? High ABVs? Low ABVs? Multi-million pound advertising campaigns?...
BBPA: Fairer beer duty would create 30,000 new jobs
01-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
Around 30,000 new jobs would be created if beer was treated more fairly in the duty system, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has told...
01-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Around 30,000 new jobs could be created if beer was given a fairer deal in alcohol duty, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has claimed.
27-Aug-2010 By Roger Protz
The rise of the micros has inspired creativity across the industry, says Beer expert Roger Protz.
27-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Stella Artois has launched a new on-trade quality training scheme for bar staff across the country as part of its World Draught Master programme....
26-Aug-2010 By MA Reporter
The Morning Advertiser has teamed up with SIBA to hold the second SIBA Pub Retail Conference after the success of last year's inaugural event.
Brewing centre gets royal approval
26-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The National Brewing Centre is to get the royal seal of approval when it is officially opened by Princess Anne. The Princess Royal - who opened the...
26-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The National Brewery Centre in Staffordshire will be officially opened by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, next month. The Burton upon Trent...
25-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney & The PMA Team
The GMB has accused Leicestershire brewer and pub operator Everards of charging tenants excessive prices on beer — but the brewer said it makes an...
London brewing group makes first beer
25-Aug-2010
Members of the recently formed London Brewers' Alliance (LBA) have produced their first collaborative beer. The cream of London's brewer's met...
Weak pub market hits Heineken UK beer volumes
25-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Heineken UK said bad weather, the worsening employment situation and what it called a "weak on-trade" were factors behind its lower UK beer volumes...
25-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
The Government has confirmed it has an "open mind" on referring the beer tie to the Competition Commission. Consumer Affairs minister Ed Davey, in...
25-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Heineken's decision not to take part in deep discounting in the off-trade resulted in a loss of market share but strong profit growth in the UK for...
Beer tax case put to Treasury
24-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Industry leaders have been given the chance to press for changes to duty levels in a series of Westminster meetings. Brewers, trade chiefs and the...
Carlsberg to reward pubs serving the perfect pint
24-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Lager giant Carlsberg has launched an awards scheme for licensees who achieve the top level of product quality. Pubs that achieve top marks...
24-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Carlsberg UK has launched a £200,000 beer quality awards scheme to reward licensees for high product standards. The money will be invested in a...
'Kylie can't get brew out of her head'
23-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Locals at a tiny rural boozer were suspicious when a sign went up claiming Kylie Minogue and Tinie Tempah would be performing that evening....
23-Aug-2010 By Sonya Hook
Brewers from across London have joined forces to create a beer to promote the capital's contemporary brewing scene. Members of the London Brewers...
'Beer costs less up North'
22-Aug-2010
It's another example of the ever-widening North-South divide - a pint of beer is now 51p more in the South than in the North. Pubgoers pay the most...
20-Aug-2010 By Phil Mellows
Harveys head brewer Miles Jenner is proud of the company's heritage and its standing as a successful local brewery, reports Phil Mellows.
20-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team
St Jude's Brewery wants to convert the former Olan Mills photography studio in St Matthew's Street, Ipswich, into its first pub.
Adnams: Looking on the bright side
20-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
As has been the case for many operators, the last few months have been rather tough for Adnams, the Suffolk brewer and pub operator. Yet despite the...
Loyalty scheme for Wadworth 6X stockists
20-Aug-2010 By Robyn Black
Wadworth is to introduce its first loyalty scheme and is rolling out a new pumpclip design to help boost sales of Wadworth 6X. Under the reward...
Adnams admits Cellar & Kitchen stores have not performed
19-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer, has admitted its Cellar & Kitchen retail operation has so far not justified itself in cost terms. The brewer opened...
18-Aug-2010 By Roger Protz
Brit brewers are unlikely to be held up by lack of grain from the East, says beer expert and MA columnist Roger Protz.
OFT to deliver fresh beer tie verdict next month
18-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will give its final verdict on whether the beer tie is "delivering choice and value for consumers" next month. The...
Beer Group wants longer licensing consultation
18-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Beer Group MPs are demanding the government extends its licensing reform consultation claiming it is "unreasonably curtailing" the chance for people...
Burton brewing centre to host festival of beer
17-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
The new National Brewery Centre in Burton is set to host a festival of beer and the Brewing Industry International Awards next year. The centre,...
Pub takes euros for beer
17-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
A Dorset pub has decided to accept euros for a limited period in a nod to the huge numbers of German and Dutch tourists visiting the county this...
