29-Jan-2009 By MA Reporter
A Northern-based pub chain is offering customers a pint of beer for 1p as part of a promotion designed to help people through the credit crunch. The...
29-Jan-2009 By Robyn Lewis
JD Wetherspoon has unveiled two of a raft of guest ales planned for this spring. The company will add Honey Dipper ale to celebrate Fairtrade...
28-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Business and Enterprise Committee (BEC) chairman Peter Luff has suggested a new set of Beer Orders may be required to stop pubs closing.
Fair Pint calls for rent reductions
28-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Campaign group Fair Pint has reiterated calls for rents to be reduced to match falling profits across the trade. The group - which is also...
Celebrity chef happy to charge £5 per pint of ale
28-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Outspoken chef Marco Pierre White has revealed he is planning to charge £5 for a pint of real ale in his new pub - because it's worth it. In an...
28-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
A Norfolk council has urged a group of pro-pub MPs to push for the beer tie to be relaxed to help struggling licensees. Minimum pricing of alcohol...
28-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Fair Pint campaign has called for an immediate drop in rents to match the drop in beer volumes and profits being experienced. The British Beer...
Robinsons announces price freeze
27-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Brewer Frederic Robinson has revealed it will not be asking its licensees to pay more for its products this year. Tied trade director William...
Chris Maclean: Deal or no deal?
27-Jan-2009 By Chris Maclean
For many months virtually all the debate on the forum, and elsewhere in the industry, has been focused on the difficult trading conditions licensees...
Adnams warns 2008 profits will be "substantially lower" than previous year
27-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Suffolk brewer Adnams has warned its 2008 profits will be "substantially lower" than in 2007, as tough economic conditions continued to impact the...
Beer sales down by 130 million pints in last quarter of 2008
27-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore
Pubs and bars served 130 million less pints in the final quarter of last year - a drop of nearly 10 per cent - compared to the same period in 2007....
27-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Southwold-brewer Adnams is freezing its wholesale beer prices across all on-trade accounts for the whole of 2009.
27-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pub beer sales plummeted 9.9% in the fourth quarter of 2008 — equating to a massive drop of 130m pints on last year. The figures from the British...
White spirits: A cautionary tale
26-Jan-2009
There has been a healthy smattering of luxurious excess during the lifespan of premium vodka company Solidarnosc. It has flown Chinese wholesalers...
White spirits: At a premium
26-Jan-2009
Recent data gathered by licensed trade research group CGA Strategy for The Publican (see link, below right) throws new light on the premiumisation...
Pub fined thousands for tipping
26-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub has become the first on the Isle of Wight to be fined for spirit tipping. At court today the owners of the Countryman in Brighstone were fined...
26-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Frustrated licensees will today protest outside the headquarters of Britain's two biggest pubcos — Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns — and call...
Carlsberg to 'deliver more' with new pub initiative
23-Jan-2009
Carlsberg is getting behind pubs with a new trade initiative it claims will transform the way it works with the on-trade.Launching on February 2 the...
23-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg has developed a new business building website for licensees to help them attract more customers and save money. As part of its "We Deliver...
23-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Oakham Brewery's Attila has been crowned the Supreme Winter Champion Beer of Britain by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) at the National Winter Ales...
S&N and Brains agree new distribution partnership
22-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore
Scottish & Newcastle UK and SA Brain have today agreed a new partnership that will see both brewers extend the distribution of their beer brands....
22-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Scottish & Newcastle and SA Brain have teamed up to extend their respective distribution networks.
Adam Withrington: How the spirits industry halved its Pre-Budget Report duty increase
21-Jan-2009
Remember, remember the 24th of November… taxes, u-turns and plot. It was on this day that Alistair Darling performed his famous U-turn on alcohol...
Hook Norton backs Axe the Beer Tax
21-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
Hook Norton is the latest brewery to give its backing to the British Beer & Pub Association's Axe the Beer Tax campaign. The move follows the...
21-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Lancashire brewer Moorhouse's has announced record Christmas sales with volumes up a whopping 18% on last year in December. The brewer, whose beers...
Brewer in dog house for glamorising drugs
20-Jan-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A brewer has hit back at the Portman Group after the watchdog ruled one of its drinks be removed from shelves for glamorising drugs. The Independent...
Opinion: 99p pint won't be around long
20-Jan-2009
The real question that arises from the Wetherspoon's 99p pint story is: what happens if these extreme promotions become the norm? You'll see from...
'Diageo's new Dublin brewery plan in doubt'
20-Jan-2009
Diageo, the owner of Guinness stout, is scaling back plans to build a €650m brewery in Dublin and may scrap them altogether as global beer sales...
Wolf Blass sponsors rugby
20-Jan-2009
Wine brand Wolf Blass has announced it will continue its sponsorship as the official wine of England Rugby and the official wine supplier to the...
20-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Wine writer Oz Clarke and Top Gear's James May recently tasted the world's most expensive beer at the Carlsberg brewery in Northampton. The pair...
20-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Greene King has launched a new seasonal beer to raise awareness of the plight of Morris dancers. The spicy, fruity Morris Mayhem ale will be...
20-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
The war of words between the Portman Group and BrewDog has stepped up a gear after the industry watchdog banned its Speedball beer.
Acorn Brewery launches IPA range
19-Jan-2009
South Yorkshire brewery Acorn has launched a 2009 range of beers based on IPA's (India pale ales).It replicates Acorn's guest ale programme used in...
'Price of pint to rise by 15p'
19-Jan-2009
The price of a pint could rise by 15p from next month as brewing giant InBev announced plans to increase its wholesale prices. The increased cost is...
16-Jan-2009 By Gemma McKenna
Carlsberg UK has introduced a charge for installing and maintaining handpulls for customers who order small amounts of Carlsberg-supplied ale.
Foster's says g'day to Australia Day
16-Jan-2009
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) is to distribute Foster's point of sale kits to over 3,300 pubs in a bid to drive trade in the run-up to Australia...
Glencadam relaunches
16-Jan-2009 By Sonya Hook
The Glencadam Distillery has relaunched its 15-year-old variant using an improved recipe and new bottle design. It has also introduced a 10-year-old...
16-Jan-2009 By Roger Protz
The demise of the Stag Brewery has evoked mixed feelings among the cask fraternity, says Roger Protz.
15-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has written to the Business and Enterprise Committee to clarify its position on the beer tie.
15-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
Marston's Pub Company is to absorb a series of price rises to help pub tenants through the first quarter of 2009.
Roy Beers: Greene shoots of recovery at JD Wetherspoon
15-Jan-2009
The Highland News wrote a tub-thumping leader article, which (in a spirit of righteous post-Hogmanay Calvinism) thundered: "On the day the Highland...
ALMR urges flexibility over beer tie
15-Jan-2009 By James Wilmore
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has been forced to clarify its position on the beer tie following controversial evidence given...
UK has become world's biggest wine importer
15-Jan-2009
The UK has become the world's biggest consumer of imported wine, according to a trade body which pointed to pubs' importance in introducing new...
'Daniel Thwaites to cut 80 jobs'
15-Jan-2009
Daniel Thwaites is planning to cut 80 jobs in response to the economic downturn. Thwaites, which dates back to 1807 and makes Lancaster Bomber beer,...
Tiger Beer added to S&N's portfolio
15-Jan-2009
Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) UK has gone some way towards filling gaps punched recently in its speciality beer portfolio by adding Tiger Beer to...
15-Jan-2009 By Tony Halstead
Lancashire brewer Daniel Thwaites is to convert 37 managed pubs to lease and tenanted operations in a bid to "simplify its business." A further five...
15-Jan-2009 By Sonya Hook
A wine that is designed to help the on-trade keep its wine offer simple for both staff and consumers has been launched by Wheelbarrow Wines. Old Spot...
Monthly icons at Wye Valley
15-Jan-2009 By Sonya Hook
Herefordshire's Wye Valley Brewery has launched a range of beers to fit its 2009 monthly beer calendar. The brewery will have a different beer for...
15-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
The Government has announced a crackdown on rogue scrap-metal dealers to target the epidemic of beer keg thefts. A new National Metal Theft Crime...
14-Jan-2009 By The PMA Team
A total of 1,200 Punch licensees are currently receiving special support from the company at a cost of £1.6m a month, the pubco says.
