21-Jul-2008 By John Harrington
Pubs that serve wine and spirits would be legally bound to offer smaller serves under new plans expected to be announced this Autumn. It follows a...
Beautiful Beer rolls out glassware
18-Jul-2008
The British Beer and Pub Association, through its Beautiful Beer campaign, has launched new branded half pint glasses in a bid to sex up beer's...
Martyn Gray joins Caledonian Brewery
18-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
Edinburgh-based Caledonian Brewing Company has appointed ex-Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises executive Martyn Gray to the newly created...
Coors creates Project Eve
17-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
Business unit is formed to boost beer drinking Carling brewer Coors has set up a women's business unit in an attempt to boost the amount of beer...
Ask An Expert: Offering beer samples
17-Jul-2008
I've noticed some pubs promote their beers, especially cask ales, by offering customers a taster. What's the best way of going about this? Are there...
A vine idea
17-Jul-2008
The unseasonable rain had a profound affect on the vines shipped in by Australian wine company McGuigan for a Central London initiative earlier this...
SABMiller 'talk alcohol' on new website
17-Jul-2008
A new consumer-friendly website has been launched to provide a comprehensive guide to alcohol - from how beer is made to how drink impacts on the...
17-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey
As part of this year's £15m investment in its namesake brand, Bacardi will kick off a summer campaign pushing mojito sales across the on-trade this...
South Africa: home and away
17-Jul-2008
Helen Bendell helen.bendell@william-reed.co.uk Manchester United were the first European club to be invited to join South African sides, Kaizer...
Excellence as standard
17-Jul-2008
After 150 years, brewer Timothy Taylor's beers are in ever-increasing demand. Roger Protz looks at the company's history and what makes their ales so...
Stirring stuff for cocktails
17-Jul-2008
US cocktail brand Stirrings has plans to up its UK presence to tap into the "discerning drinker" who is "interested in drinking better, not drinking...
Bacardi's mojito moves
17-Jul-2008
As part of this year's £15m investment in its namesake brand, Bacardi will kick off a summer campaign pushing mojito sales across the on-trade this...
C&C's cider revenue is down 10%
17-Jul-2008
C&C Group, the Irish maker of Magners, has revealed sales down 10% at its cider business. In a trading statement for the four months to 30 June,...
A-B InBev: world's biggest
17-Jul-2008
Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has finally agreed to a $52bn (£26bn) takeover by InBev. The board of the St Louis-based brewer relented after an...
89p a pint — but margin is only 2p
17-Jul-2008 By Paul Collins
Binge-drinking fears quelled by vigilant host New licensee Belal Hussain is serving pints for 89p after buying in bulk to earn big brewery discounts....
Football Preview: Brands are football supporters
16-Jul-2008
Big-name brands are once more piling behind football, in the hope that they can associate their drinks with one of the biggest pub draws there...
Drinks suppliers on the smoking ban
16-Jul-2008
It is not an exaggeration to call the smoking ban the biggest and most significant piece of legislation to hit the pub trade since the Beer...
Cider: Is it back for good?
15-Jul-2008
They said it was a fad. They were wrong.Summers after cider's big bloom, the category continues to be massively important for licensees. The latest...
15-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Punch Taverns is offering licensees a new training course to help licensees combat the 8.6% decline in beer sales over the last year. The Profit...
New Bacardi campaign based around Mojito
14-Jul-2008
Bacardi is putting its faith in the Mojito to drive the rum category, launching a summer-long consumer marketing campaign and bar staff training...
Corona Extra launches £1m advertising
14-Jul-2008
Corona Extra is launching a £1m national advertising campaign this week, highlighting the brand's position as a style icon.It is the first campaign...
14-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Coors has launched a new TV ident for Grolsch Blond as part of its sponsorship of Channel 4 Original Comedy. Grolsch Blond is currently exclusively...
14-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Government must re-think plans to impose further tax rises on beer or risk losing public support, a new opinion poll shows. Just 16% said they...
Raising summer spirits
11-Jul-2008
With hotter days and nights, consumers are more likely to want to head out to the pub to enjoy the sunshine with friends and family and less likely...
'UK's strongest beer ever has campaigners all in a froth'
11-Jul-2008
The owners of one of Scotland's largest independent breweries were yesterday attacked by health campaigners and politicians for creating Britain's...
WKD plans footie-related pub kits
10-Jul-2008
Beverage Brands will be offering licensees the chance to receive football-related pub kits, downloads and offers for its WKD brand in the run-up to...
Thwaites' pre-tax profit down 22%
10-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
Shire Hotels makes £8.5m profit, up £7m Thwaites, the brewer and retailer, has reported a "very difficult year" that saw turnover and profits down...
Smells like teen spirit
10-Jul-2008
Fifteen teenagers sit in a classroom transfixed by a video in which teacher Barbara Pierce describes how her life was changed forever by a...
10-Jul-2008 By John Harrington
Pub till receipts should state how much the customer pays in tax — to highlight how much things like alcohol duty hit people in the pocket. That's...
Raising the spirits
10-Jul-2008
The rise of premium and super-premium varieties of gin is creating a major buzz in pubs. Richard Woodard reports The rekindled interest in gin has...
Three steps to gin nirvana
10-Jul-2008
Step one: The perfect serve. Use a good highball glass — 12oz or 14oz; fill it with ice (too few cubes and it won't stay cold); add your measure of...
Cask ale heading for a premium future
10-Jul-2008
While cask ale is experiencing welcome steady growth in volume, the premium category is doing particularly well. Adrian Tierney-Jones reports As the...
Welcoming you to beer heaven
10-Jul-2008
The Great British Beer Festival opens its doors in three weeks' time at Earls Court in London. Adrian Tierney-Jones previews the event and examines...
Harveys grows taller with new long serve
10-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey jessica.harvey@william-reed.co.uk
As part of Beam Global UK's £500,000 spend on its Harveys brand this year, the company plans to educate consumers with modern ways to drink sherry....
Smirnoff to trial new fruit flavours
10-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey jessica.harvey@william-reed.co.uk
Diageo has begun a six-month trial of two new vodka flavours, Lime Smirnoff and Green Apple Smirnoff, in a select number of pubs and bars in Bristol....
Fat Buddha takeaway is doing well
10-Jul-2008
Utopian Leisure, the company headed by former Ultimate Leisure boss Bob Senior, has opened its first Fat Buddha takeaway in Darlington. The company...
Show beer duty on till receipt, says MP
10-Jul-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Nigel Evans introduces bill on tax in Parliament Pub till receipts should state how much the customer pays in tax — to highlight how much things...
08-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
Super strength lagers, whose alcoholic content exceeds the Government's recommended drinking levels, do not encourage irresponsible drinking, according to the Portman Group.
Charity blasts ruling on super-strength lagers
08-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
Homeless charity Thames Reach has claimed the Portman Group's Independent Complaints Panel has been "completely discredited" after its decision to...
Super-strength lagers let off the hook
08-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
A homeless charity's complaint that cans of super-strength lager encourage irresponsible drinking has been rejected by an independent panel. Thames...
08-Jul-2008 By Jessica Harvey
Ocke Cokey managing director Garry Shepherd speaks exclusively to Morning Advertiser's Jessica Harvey about the impending UK launch of its...
07-Jul-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Fair Pint campaign hits back at claims that the pubco model has nothing to do with the current problems faced by community pubs.
Degrees in café culture
07-Jul-2008
It doesn't sound difficult. Pouring milk in a straight line and at a consistent flow, from a jug into a cup partially filled with coffee is not a...
'175 million fewer pints sold, thanks to smoking ban'
06-Jul-2008
Pubs have sold 175 million fewer pints of beer in the past year as a direct result of the smoking ban, according to market analysts AC Nielsen. Jake...
Will four per cent Stella Artois actually work?
04-Jul-2008
What's it all about, InBev? A question that was on many people's lips last week. After all, it's not often you take your flagship brand, one of the...
Harveys encourages modern serve for sherry
04-Jul-2008
Beam Global UK has launched the second phase of an initiative to encourage consumers to drink sherry in a modern way - chilled, in contemporary...
Pubco chief defends beer tie in front of MPs
04-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore
A pubco chief has been forced to defend the beer tie in front of a panel of MPs. Simon Townsend, chief operating officer of Enterprise Inns, was...
Bar work as tough as being an athlete
04-Jul-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Working in a bar is as "as mentally draining as being a barrister and as physically demanding as being an athlete" according to research by Red Bull...
Beer sales fall 12% at Globe
03-Jul-2008 By The PMA Team
Tenancy changes mean drop in rent roll Globe Pub Company, the tenanted company owned by Robert Tchenguiz, has seen a 12% fall in beer sales in its...
St Helier is more than a me-too
03-Jul-2008
When any consumer goods category explodes to life unexpectedly the one thing you can bet your life on is a group of previously uninterested brand...
