11-Jun-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Fruit purée and cocktail mixer range Funkin is getting a bright and bold makeover to give greater on-shelf standout.
11-Jun-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Cocktails in watering cans will be appearing in bars and pubs across the UK as part of a summer campaign for Malibu. Owner Pernod-Ricard is...
11-Jun-2010 By Sonya Hook
A gin flavoured with olives, rosemary, basil and thyme is making its way into London pubs and bars. Gin Mare is a Mediterranean premium spirit...
11-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A licensee is boosting meal bookings for Father's Day (20 June) by offering dads the chance to pull their own pint.
11-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Football fans are backing industry calls for a reduction on beer duty if VAT rises at the Budget on 22 June. The British Beer and Pub Association...
Ginger drinks: Gingerly does it
10-Jun-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Apparently we're getting more sophisticated as a nation - as far as our taste buds are concerned, that is. It seems prudent to point that out now...
World beers focus: Brews of the world
10-Jun-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
We're a complex bunch, us UK drinkers. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. We value all things local and yet have also developed an appetite for...
'Breathtakingly cynical': Pete Brown on AB InBev and Bass
10-Jun-2010
So after years of neglect, AB InBev is rumoured to be putting Bass up for sale. But if the reports are to be believed that's only half the story....
FIFA lets brewer off the hook over World Cup beer
10-Jun-2010 By James Wilmore
Hook Norton has said it is not withdrawing its World Cup beer from sale, but will change the wording on the pumpclip to comply with FIFA. Hook...
Hook Norton withdraws FIFA-baiting World Cup beer
10-Jun-2010 By James Wilmore
Oxfordshire brewer Hook Norton is withdrawing a seasonal World Cup beer from sale after it landed them in hot water with FIFA. The company's limited...
FIFA probes Hook Norton beer branding
10-Jun-2010 By James Wilmore
FIFA, world football's governing body, has confirmed it is investigating family-owned brewer Hook Norton over its branding on a limited edition World...
10-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
Cask ale could become a permanent feature on trains after the new Fastcask system was trialled on a train from London to Birmingham. Fastcask, from...
10-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Tory MP Nigel Evans, who was favoured as new head of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, has withdrawn his nomination to lead the group. Evans,...
10-Jun-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for boosting food sales at your pub including making a film for your website, supporting local crafts and themed food and drink nights. Making...
10-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Carling has been granted Red Tractor status — an independent verification that the product has been made to high quality standards from farm to...
Pete Brown: When is a pub not a pub? When it's a licensed catering outlet...
09-Jun-2010
It caused a titter a few months ago during a conference call with the City when John Lovering, new chairman of Mitchell & Butlers (M&B)...
07-Jun-2010 By Robyn Lewis
TV presenter Georgie Thompson has teamed up with Gallo rosé in a World Cup campaign aimed at women.
07-Jun-2010 By Roger Protz
Roger Protz has high hopes that the off-loading of Draught Bass and Boddingtons by InBev could be a good move for the ales.
Brakspear names new finance chief
07-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Brakspear, the Henley-on-Thames-based pub operator, has named David Nathan as its new chief financial officer. Nathan joins the group from business...
South African wines set to get World Cup boost
07-Jun-2010
The World Cup could help South African wine become one of the most up and coming wine producing countries for the on-trade this year, according to...
07-Jun-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for boosting food sales at your pub including adding doughnuts to dessert menus and and cooking hog roasts.
07-Jun-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Molson Coors has confirmed pubs remain "of great interest" for its Indian beer brand Cobra, despite a strategy targeting curry houses and the...
04-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
Cornish brewer and retailer St Austell has reported that sales of its own brews are up 20% so far in 2010. The company is investing in new...
Cobra Beer celebrates a year in partnership with Molson Coors
04-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Cobra beer founder Lord Bilimoria and brewing giant Molson Coors yesterday celebrated the first anniversary of the Cobra Beer Partnership (CBC) joint...
04-Jun-2010 By Sonya Hook
Pernod Ricard UK is offering pubs a bespoke menu-printing service to help grow spirit sales during the World Cup. "Share the Spirit of Football" is...
04-Jun-2010 By Sonya Hook
A series of mini music festivals will be taking place in pubs across the country this summer, as part of the 2010 campaign for Beck's Vier. Artists...
04-Jun-2010 By Sonya Hook
Blossom Hill is injecting £1m in to a summer campaign hinged around its sponsorship of Wimbledon. The marketing initiative is designed to position...
03-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A community-run Denbighshire pub has announced plans to set up a post office and long term ambitions to add a microbrewery.
Young & Co turns in a 'resilient trading performance'
03-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
Announcing its annual results, Young & Co, the London-based pub operator, has turned in what the group's chief executive Stephen Goodyear...
03-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The new Government has confirmed it will stick to plans to relax the beer tie through legislation if the sector fails to reform itself. Outspoken...
Heineken launches 'Millionaire' promotion
02-Jun-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
As England's footballers attempt to hit the jackpot in South Africa, pubs will be giving fans of the beautiful game the chance to strike it rich....
02-Jun-2010 By Sonya Hook
A beer which celebrates the work of the Cotswold Conservation Board is returning to pubs — it was first brewed in 2006.
02-Jun-2010 By Roger Protz
Roger Protz examines the history of Heineken UK's brewery in Dunston on Tyneside, which has now closed.
No name for latest Otley beer
02-Jun-2010 By Sonya Hook
The Otley Brewing Company is yet to name its latest seasonal beer for June — it is a 4.5% ABV clear, dark beer.
02-Jun-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Brewer Molson Coors has beefed up its wine offer, as part of a bid to double its share of the wine market over the next two years. Last week the...
01-Jun-2010 By John Harrington
Tesco is the only supermarket to sell alcohol below duty plus VAT, the definition of cost-price favoured by many in the off-trade — including the...
01-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
Greene King IPA has signed a three-year deal to become the Official Beer of Nottingham Forest. The deal will see the Suffolk brewer have pouring...
01-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney
The inaugural world dwile flonking championship had to go-ahead with pots of lemonade and cola downed instead of real ale, after fears it would...
Slovenian beers to arrive in UK pubs
28-May-2010 By Robyn Lewis
England is ready to go into battle with Slovenia during the World Cup, but three Slovenian beers are hoping for a more welcome reception.
28-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
New wine-producing countries were the unexpected winners in the International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC).
Pernod Ricard offers pubs free World Cup drinks menus
28-May-2010
So that World Cup fever doesn't leave spirits out in the cold, Pernod Ricard has launched a series of free football drinks menus that pubs can...
28-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
A Sauza-branded cocktail shaker has been designed for bars that wish to boost sales of Margaritas this summer. The Sauza Margarita Shaker, an...
Maxxium invests £1.5m in Maker's Mark campaign
28-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
Maker's Mark will benefit from a £1.5m investment this year by brand owner Maxxium UK. A consumer campaign, designed to raise awareness of the...
28-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
Hi-Spirits is offering the on-trade a free PoS kit for Antica Sambuca Longshots. The kit — which includes branded pitchers, long glasses and shot...
28-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
A host of vodkas from around the world were on display at Distil this month, all hoping to cash in on the UK growth in premium vodka. Argentinian...
28-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
With half the British asparagus season already under our belts, Lesley Foottit looks at how pub chefs are making the most of this fleeting delicacy.
27-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Keighley based Timothy Taylor, brewers of award-winning Landlord, has unveiled former M&B chief executive Tim Clarke as a non-exec.
27-May-2010 By The PMA Team
Swiss chef Michael Riemenschneider has taken over a Thwaites-owned pub in Cheshire and relaunched it as a restaurant under the same name.
Brains and Charles Wells Tap into WaterAid
27-May-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Two pub companies, with more than 500 pubs between them, are backing an industry drive to help deprived communities get access to clean water. SA...
27-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Diageo has today launched a social entrepreneurship programme in the UK for people with ideas to make a difference to their local community. People...
