07-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Carlsberg warns further price increases are planned for the year ahead after reporting a 1% drop in beer volumes
07-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Carling's two "You know who your mates are" TV ads have been cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority
07-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Cobra Beer has signed a deal to brew under licence with Hartlepool-based Camerons and one other UK brewery
07-May-2008 By Ewan Turney
Anti-pubco MP to host campaign launch at the Houses of Parliament
Carling hits the Wild West
07-May-2008
Coors Brewers has unveiled the latest advert in its £14m "five mates" campaign.Featuring the same five characters as the previous ads, the new story...
Westminster launch for Fair Pint campaign
07-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A campaign to end the beer tie will officially be launched at the Houses of Parliament next week. Fair Paint is calling for action to help UK...
06-May-2008 By Tony Halstead
Ruling could limit ability of local residents to oppose extended hours
06-May-2008
Carling has launched a new £14m television ad campaign continuing its "Mates" theme
CAMRA picks champion cider and perry
06-May-2008
As the cider revival continues, CAMRA has picked its Champion cider and perry for 2008.The annual Cider & Perry Awards were judged at the Reading...
Comment: Blood on the tracks?
02-May-2008
Jeremy Blood, the new managing director of Heineken UK, told The Publican this week that he saw a big and important future for both the Heineken and...
Caribbean rum to step up to marque
02-May-2008
The West Indies Rum & Spirits Producers' Association (WIRSPA) has unveiled a new initiative to support and promote Authentic Caribbean Rum (ACR)...
Beer tie campaign borne from "years of frustration
02-May-2008 By James Wilmore
One of the leaders of a new campaign to end the beer tie has revealed he was spurred into action after "years of frustration". Mark Dodds, licensee...
Britons shun lunchtime drinking
02-May-2008 By Tony Halstead
Drinking after work is now more popular, an SAB Miller survey shows
01-May-2008 By Roger Protz
Roger Protz did a double take in Cardiff at the Camra annual conference
01-May-2008 By The PMA Team
Welsh brewer and retailer SA Brain has reported a slight rise in profit after tax despite challenging market conditions. For the year to 30 September...
SA Brain hit by 'perfect storm'
01-May-2008 By Hamish Champ
The 'perfect storm' of smoking ban, poor weather and consumer uncertainty has combined to hit annual turnover and profits at Welsh brewer SA...
01-May-2008
Marston's, the official beer of England cricket, is to sponsor talkSPORT radio's cricket coverage this summer. The six-figure deal will see Marston's...
Premium status
01-May-2008
"Worth-more" brands are the key to SABMiller's UK strategy, as MD Gary Whitlie tells the Morning Advertiser After being founded in 1895, South...
Core brands boost Pernod Ricard
30-Apr-2008
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard said the value of its 15 strategic brands rose twice as fast as their volume in the nine months to March 31, 2008, thanks...
Lewes locals mark anniversary of Harveys return
30-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
It wasn't quite the Running of the Bulls but Lewes Arms locals celebrated the anniversary of the return of their beloved Harveys Best Bitter in their...
30-Apr-2008 By MA reporter
In my opinion, loyalty schemes can be a good idea if your target market is heavily weighted towards, for example, the student market, which can be...
30-Apr-2008 By MA reporter
The main purpose of any loyalty scheme is to put more cash in the till by giving something of value back to the customer. Good schemes are an...
29-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
S&N boss claims on-trade beer market is worst it has been in 27 years
29-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Jeremy Blood is named managing director of Heineken's UK business
29-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Licensees will start to see Scottish & Newcastle UK offering Heineken brands by the end of the summer. That is according to Jeremy Blood, who has...
Wine Focus: Under the spell of pink power
29-Apr-2008
Rosé, rosé, rosé. Its been trumpeted as a rapid growth area for a couple of years now. It's the everyman drink. It's the drink of the summer. It...
Wine Focus: A world of ways to improve your wine offer
29-Apr-2008
Peter SpencerSenior vice president of UK sales, Constellation EuropeIt can be very easy to make money from New World wines. A little knowledge and...
Wine Focus: Taking a new direction
29-Apr-2008
In man ways the Australians are the ones responsible for making the French look foolish. I'm talking about wine of course. For so long the be all and...
Blood named as Heineken UK's top man
29-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Jeremy Blood has today been officially confirmed as the head of Heineken's UK operation following the completion of its acquisition of Scottish &...
Cobra relaunches with new design and sampling scheme
28-Apr-2008
Cobra has redesigned its packaging and launched its first ever nationwide sampling campaign.The moves, part of a £14m annual marketing spend, are...
Adnams bullish about the future
28-Apr-2008
Adnams shareholders have heard that the brewer and pubco is meeting the challenges of trading in 2008 and looking forward to the future with...
Orchid launches its own line of wines
28-Apr-2008
The Orchid Group is to launch two exclusive own-label wines.The wines, one white and one red, will be available to customers across its 284 pubs and...
28-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
A Lincolnshire licensee has had to pay out £8,000 in fines and costs after passing off supermarket spirits as premium brands. Simon Crathorn, from...
28-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Suffolk based brewer and operator Adnams plans to double operating profit within five years. Speaking at the company's AGM, executive chairman...
Focus Midlands: Hobson's Choice
24-Apr-2008
THERE CAN'T be many breweries that had their first successful brew on Easter Sunday (apparently the first attempt on Easter Saturday was a washout)....
Greene King backs CAMRA's Mild Month
24-Apr-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Greene King is championing the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Mild Month of May by urging people to gives its award-winning XX Mild a try. The brewer...
Meteoric rise
24-Apr-2008
Following its rapid growth over the last 18 months, Noli Dinkovski discovers Kopparberg is ready to capitalise on its unique heritage With provenance...
Enlightened times
24-Apr-2008
Light variants are gradually making their mark in the UK. Nigel Huddleston reports So-called "light" alcohol brands have struggled to establish a...
Pressing for some pump action
24-Apr-2008
New kinds of draught serve are giving cider more of a presence on bar tops, discovers Nigel Huddleston While the buzz has been about the over-ice...
Pear perception
24-Apr-2008
Getting the message across about the difference between pear cider and perry is a major marketing challenge. Nigel Huddleston reports One of the main...
A bubbly sector
24-Apr-2008
Despite adverse conditions, cider continues to flourish, as Nigel Huddleston found out It says a lot for cider's market performance in the last five...
MA Cider Report 2008
24-Apr-2008
Around the turn of the century, RTDs were booming and cider, along with other long drinks, was trailing in the wake of an exciting category with a...
23-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Pubs set to toast St George and England at 930pm tonight with a beer
Money well spent
23-Apr-2008
"Our ambition is to be as socially responsible as possible, with the intention of drastically reducing our carbon footprint and eventually becoming...
Greene King fined for food hygiene breaches
23-Apr-2008
Greene King has been fined a total of £14,015 after pleading guilty to seven beaches of food hygiene laws at a Shropshire pub.Environmental health...
Carlsberg takes the pain out of recycling glass
23-Apr-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Throwing glass away will be a thing of the past for Carlsberg customers after the brewer launched a new environmentally-friendly initiative....
Adnams lays claim to first 'carbon neutral' beer
23-Apr-2008
Adnams has heralded the launch of East Green as the country's first carbon neutral beer.On the back of the opening of the company's new eco-friendly...
23-Apr-2008
Adnams has launched Britain's first carbon neutral beer - East Green. The ale is brewed in Adnam's eco-efficient brewery in Southwold and will be...
Roy Beers: The enduring appeal of the Republic of Colin
22-Apr-2008
However it's arguably his Republic beer-with-food bars - no two of which are exactly alike - which have been his enduring success. At some point he...
Tesco struggling with underage policy
22-Apr-2008
An industry chief has urged Tesco to "get its house in order" after four out of 10 stores failed to comply with its policy to combat underage...
