06-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg saw organic beer volumes drop by 8% in northern and western Europe for the three months to 31 March. The Danish brewer said that reported...
05-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
St Austell is to launch Admiral's Ale on draught for a limited period — after being unveiled at St Austell Brewery's Annual Trade Fair
05-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Lager drinkers are being urged to give mild a try in May by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra).
Summer special: Serve beer with style
05-May-2009
Blue skies overhead, foreign holidays a thing of the past, and here we are at the start of a summer that looks like it could be shimmering in...
Summer special: How to sell drinks this summer
05-May-2009
One idea that works well in the summer would be to run a drinks festival. With the category booming, what better time to celebrate all things...
Addlestones relaunched
05-May-2009
Gaymer Cider Company is to relaunch two of its brands in order to capitalise on what it claims is growing demand for diversity within the cider...
Molson Coors trials beer cocktails
05-May-2009
Carling brewer Molson Coors is planning to drive sales of its speciality beers in pubs through two new initiatives.The brewer is partnering with pubs...
Pedigree pulls on cricket whites for re-branding
01-May-2009
Marston's Pedigree, the official beer of the England cricket team, is to get a temporary re-branding to coincide with this summer's international...
Innserve: the verdict
01-May-2009
What general areas have you been advising the pubs on?"Dispense, energy saving and cellar safety."What key changes have you advised the licensees to...
Pernod Ricard: the verdict
01-May-2009
What general areas have you been advising the pubs on?"Optics; summer trading; getting Christmas right; and spirit perfect serves."What key changes...
The power of advertising
01-May-2009
The impact that advertising campaigns have on the drinks ordered over your bar is unquestionable.Put simply, the more advertising there is for a...
Lager drinkers urged to get in the spirit of Mild Month
01-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is urging all lager drinkers to try something a little different to mark National Mild Month, which starts today....
Sir Geoff Hurst announces Bombardier Champion of England
01-May-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A celebrated national hero met a less well known one when World Cup star Sir Geoff Hurst presented Frank Basey with the Bombardier Champion of...
Vodka sales continue to grow
01-May-2009
Vodka sales have increased by nearly 25 per cent over the last five years according to new research. Figures from Mintel show 79 million litres of...
Magners Draught hits 5,000 stockists
01-May-2009 By Andrew Pring
In just under a year since launch, Coors Brewers has reached a significant milestone seeing distribution of Magners Draught exceed 5,000 outlets - a...
01-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Police closed a Thwaites-owned Blackburn pub 24-hours last weekend following a 20-man brawl. Officers were called to the White Bull pub in Livesey...
30-Apr-2009 By Roger Protz
Alistair Darling is trying to kill off pubs, just like Dr Beeching butchered the railways in the 1960s, says Roger Protz.
30-Apr-2009 By John Harrington
Two out of three licensees expect to add either 5p or 10p to a pint following the 2% Budget duty hike. That's according to the MA's Big Budget Survey, which shows the level of anger at the Chancellor.
A WKD sort of cider
30-Apr-2009
The latest entry to the cider market comes not from a West Country cider farm nor from the power-houses of Magners or Bulmers, but from WKD.That's...
Further marketing activity for Corona
30-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A range of promotional activity has been announced to raise the profile of Corona Extra throughout 2009.The Mexican beer will be marketed via music...
30-Apr-2009 By Peter Coulson
There have been a number of successful claims made by restaurateurs in recent years against no-showers, says Peter Coulson.
30-Apr-2009 By Tony Halstead
Northern brewer Daniel Thwaites has launched an experimental pubs division aimed at boosting business in some of the lowest volume sites across its...
30-Apr-2009 By Sonya Hook
Wine Australia is working with the Australian Government this summer to boost the image of Aussie food and wine in the UK. The collaboration, which...
29-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
A second member of the Business and Enterprise Committee (BEC) inquiry into pubco power has called for the beer tie to be outlawed.
State of the Union: GMB, Unite and the beer-tie
29-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
"We're back in the 1970s." That was the withering assessment of JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin after Alistair Darling's latest Budget blow. The...
28-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Beer sales fell by 8.2% in the first quarter of 2009 on last year — the biggest drop in since 1997. A staggering 3.6m fewer pints are being drunk each day than 10 years ago.
MPs call for major reform of beer tie
28-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
MPs argued today that a major reform of the beer tie is needed to help British pubs survive. Lib Dem MP for Southport Dr John Pugh, who led the...
Adnams rejects shareholder's criticism
28-Apr-2009 By Hamish Champ
Adnams, the Suffolk brewer and pub operator, mounted a defence of its business tactics yesterday after coming under fierce criticism from a City...
Beer sales plummet in first quarter of 2009
28-Apr-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Pub-goers are drinking 3.6million pints fewer a day than they were a decade ago, according to latest figures. The British Beer & Pub...
28-Apr-2009 By Sonya Hook
Carlsberg UK is bringing its Baltika No.7 brew over from Russia to target "young and urban" UK beer fans. The 5.5% abv beer, which will be available...
27-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
The pub and brewing industry's richest person is Heineken's main investor Charlene de Carvalho, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
S&N to sponsor Kent's Big Quiz
27-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Scottish & Newcastle is to sponsor the Big Quiz in Canterbury — it will be re-branded the No Nonsense Quiz.
Code to crackdown on cheap supermarket lager
27-Apr-2009 By James Wilmore
Cheap supermarket deals on lager could be outlawed under the government's controversial mandatory code of practice, a Home Office minister has...
27-Apr-2009 By Sonya Hook
Old Speckled Hen makes its TV debut as it replaces Cobra as the beer sponsor of TV channel Dave. Greene King's flagship ale brand will be on TV for...
27-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Licensees could win up to £10,250 in a competition to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the lease at the Guinness brewery. Hosts...
27-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Czech lager Pilsner Urquell will be hosting its own 19th hole venue at two London locations as part of its sponsorship of The Open Championship....
'Supermarkets bearing brunt of fall in beer consumption'
26-Apr-2009
"It will be of small comfort to pub operators that their bête noire, the supermarkets, which undercut them with deep discounting on popular lagers,...
WKD launches cider
24-Apr-2009
Ready-to-drink (RTD) brand WKD is to make a radical move into the cider market with the launch of WKD Core.The WKD brand extension, a 4.5 per cent...
24-Apr-2009 By The PMA Team
Suffolk brewer and retailer Adnams has been criticised by one of its shareholders for the way it has expanded the business over recent years,...
Summer wine: Blast of the summer wine
24-Apr-2009
Two vastly different but equally important players in the UK wine market are full of ideas on how to achieve good wine sales this summer.Bibendum has...
Summer wine: The LIWF uncorked
24-Apr-2009
WINE TRADE show the London International Wine Fair (LIWF) is just around the corner, and this year the organisers have gone to great lengths to make...
Summer wine: Spanish sparklers
24-Apr-2009
If wine trade body the Institut del Cava gets its way, pub customers will be indulging in the Spanish tradition of toasting to the weekend each...
Adam Withrington: Isn't this a Fair Point?
24-Apr-2009
We are our own worst enemy in this industry - we really are.When all and sundry are calling for industry unity on the issue of alcohol duty, it...
Pilsner Urquell takes a putt with golf-themed pub promotion
24-Apr-2009
Pilsner Urquell is to run golf-themed activity in London pubs to promote its status as official beer of the Open Championship.'19th Hole' outdoor...
24-Apr-2009 By Roger Protz
Promoting beer or pubs is no joke, if Courage Best's exile to the sin bin is anything to go by, says Roger Protz.
Family brewers fight for the beer tie
23-Apr-2009
Disgruntled licensees, maverick MPs and 'fat cat' pub companies… there have been a lot of voices sounding off on the beer tie in recent months. But...
'Beer duty rise 'spells death knell for pubs'
23-Apr-2009
The brewing and pub industry said that the decision by the Chancellor to press ahead with plans for an above-inflation rise in beer duty had "signed...
23-Apr-2009 By Sonya Hook
Grant's whisky plans to shun traditional PoS material this year in favour of items that best support the brand's key themes of gardening and...
23-Apr-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Weight-conscious women looking for a lower alcohol tipple are the target of the latest VK Vodka Kick variant set to hit the market. Brand-owner...
'LVMH eyes sale of Moët to Diageo'
22-Apr-2009
Luxury goods company LVMH has indicated it may be willing to sell some or all of its two-thirds stake in Moët Hennessy, its wine and spirits...
