NEWS OF THE BREWS
20-Mar-2008
Bombardier The beer known as the "Drink of England" is on the hunt to find the nation's ultimate icon. Wells Bombardier is giving everyone the chance...
Burton MP throws lifeline to Coors Visitor Centre
20-Mar-2008
The Coors Visitor Centre should be turned into a national museum of brewing, local MP Janet Dean has said.Last week the brewer announced that the...
20-Mar-2008
CaskForce is the pioneering beer quality initiative driven by Marston's in conjunction with the Morning Advertiser, back for the third year running....
Flying the flag for family brewers
20-Mar-2008
Stockport-based Robinsons prides itself on keeping things simple and supporting licensees whenever possible. Tony Halstead reports Tenants of...
Big pubs face huge hikes in water bills
20-Mar-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Bigger pubs and those that pay low business rates could see massive hikes in supplementary water bills. However, pubs in high ratings bands could see...
LTA and Stella split
19-Mar-2008
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has announced the end of its 30-year association with Stella Artois and the Queen's Club Tennis...
Great beer gardens help grow businesses
19-Mar-2008
Well designed beer gardens with good quality furniture are vital to boost trade, a survey has found.Seventy one per cent of people think that beer...
Coors closes Visitor Centre to save £1m a year
18-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Coors Brewers has announced a decision to close the Coors Visitor Centre (CVC), formerly known as the Bass Museum, from the end of June 2008, as it focuses on saving costs.
Brewer donates babies for broody youths
18-Mar-2008
Everards has shelled out for six sets of baby equipment to help educate young people about the reality of having a child.The computerised infants...
Web Marketing: Beer with BITE
17-Mar-2008
Go into Google and search for a pub and more often than not you'll find a Beer in the Evening (BITE) listing near the top of the page.BITE was...
Opinion: A national blackout
14-Mar-2008
The Society Independent Brewers Associations (SIBA) Conference in York last week showed a sector that was brimming with confidence. Despite the...
Roy Beers: Scotching the myths about the great whisky duty scandal
14-Mar-2008
But it has logically and without exaggeration detailed exactly what the budget increase on Scotland's best-known export means for the Scotch whisky...
A first for pear
14-Mar-2008
Gaymer Cider Company has announced the launch of Gaymers pear cider - the first brand owner to do so on draught.The company has designed a special...
Beer brewed for Barnsley's FA Cup giantkillers
14-Mar-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Football heroes from Barnsley have had a beer brewed in their honour to celebrate their successful FA Cup run. So far this year the Championship side...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
13-Mar-2008
St David's Ale St David's Ale is now Brains' best-selling speciality ale, according to the Welsh brewer. Originally brewed in 1997 to celebrate St...
Opinion: Strong on draught
13-Mar-2008
The move by Magners to draught has been expected for some time. A few mugs like myself thought the brand might resist it, keeping its strong 'pint...
Multi-million ad campaign for Beck's Vier
13-Mar-2008
InBev UK has announced the launch of a multi-million pound advertising campaign for Beck's Vier.The ad, which launched on ITV earlier this month and...
Beer expert furious at open season on pubs
13-Mar-2008
Beer writer Roger Protz has launched a blistering attack on media coverage of "24-hour drinking"Speaking at the annual Society of Independent Brewers...
Largest haul of stolen kegs for 25 years
13-Mar-2008
A massive haul of more than 32,000 stolen kegs and casks have been seized in a series of raids across the Midlands. Kegs and casks with a replacement...
Soft drinks hit by bad weather
13-Mar-2008 By Graham Ridout
The worst summer on record and the effects of the smoking ban are said to have seriously damaged soft drink sales, according to research this week....
Take flight with MA and Red Bull
13-Mar-2008
The Morning Advertiser has teamed up with Red Bull to help pubs get involved in one of the most creative, exhilarating and downright loony events of...
Birthday blitz for Bushmills
13-Mar-2008
Diageo is celebrating 400 years of Bushmills Irish whiskey with a string of events and promotions. The celebrations will include advertising, rugby...
Siba: driving the ale agenda
13-Mar-2008
If you had to tick a box to choose the most influential voice in the brewing industry today would you choose the British Beer & Pub Association,...
Siba: cask back to growth in a year
13-Mar-2008 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Independent brewers are predicting cask ale will return to growth within the next 12 months as the rate of decline in the market continues to slow...
Opinion: A good brews story
12-Mar-2008
In November 2007 Tesco opened a brand new local store in the Kelham Island area of Sheffield. We were delighted when the store manager approached us...
Beer could go up by more than 10p a pint
12-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
The price of a pint in a pub could rise by far more than the 4p announced in today's Budget.Paul Wells, chief executive of Bedford pub company...
A charter for smugglers and cheap supermarket booze", says CAMRA
12-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has hit out at the Chancellor's decision to increase beer duty by 4p a pint in today's Budget, along with annual...
Brewers' outrage at beer duty hike
12-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
Leaders of the country's brewing industry have reacted with outrage to the above-inflation duty rises imposed alcohol in today's Budget.Jonathan...
Budget: Beer duty to rise 4p a pint
12-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Chancellor Alistair Darling dealt a severe blow to the pub trade today as he announced across the board above inflation duty rises on alcohol in the...
Constellation pushes for premiumisation
12-Mar-2008
Constellation Europe is to increase its focus and investment in its premium wine portfolio.Following the recent acquisition of South African-based...
Nursery nurse turns hand to brewing
12-Mar-2008
A nursery nurse who started a brewery in her mother-in-law's garage has been nominated for a national business award.Patsy Slevin of Standish,...
Siba: Chancellor driving people out of the pub
12-Mar-2008
The Society of Independent Brewers (Siba) has described the budget increase as likely to drive more people out of pubs. Spokesman Michael Hardman...
Thwaites High Court case begins
10-Mar-2008
Representatives from Thwaites appeared in the High Court today in a landmark case to overturn a magistrate's decision over pub opening hours.The...
'Miller Brands defends S&N in price row'
10-Mar-2008
Scottish & Newcastle's most upmarket competitor in Scotland, Miller Brands UK, has defended its rival's recently-announced decision to pass on...
Big Issue founder wants super-strength lager tax hike
10-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
Big Issue founder John Bird has echoed calls for a tax hike on super strength lager in this week's Budget. Bird, along with homelessness charity...
CAMRA reveals 57 pubs are closing every month
10-Mar-2008
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has called for a cut in beer tax after revealing that 57 pubs are closing permanently each month. A survey by the...
Budweiser resists off-trade discounting in drive for authenticity
10-Mar-2008
Budweiser is putting a new focus on quality and authenticity in its UK marketing - and is pledging to resist pressure to discount the brand in the...
10-Mar-2008 By Noli Dinkovski
Budweiser is launching a major UK-only ad campaign to bring out the core values of the brand. True Dedication will focus on the care that goes into...
Beer duty hike in the Budget? No thank you Darling
09-Mar-2008 By Hamish Champ
The pub and brewing sectors will be hoping this week's first-time Budget from Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling contains some...
'Chancellor planning above-inflation price hike for beer'
09-Mar-2008
Alistair Darling is preparing above-inflation price-rises for beer, wine and spirits in his first Budget, in an attempt to tackle widespread alcohol...
Tories to cut tax on low-alcohol beers
07-Mar-2008 By James Wilmore
The price of a pint of some beers and ciders could drop by 8p under Tory tax plans. With all eyes on next week's Budget, Shadow chancellor George...
06-Mar-2008 By The PMA Team
Copper Dragon Brewery, the Skipton-based cask ale producer, is to double its brewing capacity by moving to a larger £2.5m site in the town,...
NEWS OF THE BREWS
06-Mar-2008
Hogs Back Brewery Surrey brewer Hogs Back is to take over the sales and distribution of a leading Hampshire cider maker from this month. With both...
New crop of S&NUK ciders
06-Mar-2008
Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&NUK) is to launch two new variants of existing over-ice cider brands - Bulmers Light and Jacques Orchard Fruits....
Beck's Vier decides to do things differently
06-Mar-2008
A major new TV ad campaign for Beck's Vier centres around the 4% abv beer being "different by choice". Running throughout March and April, the...
Magners to go draught in May
06-Mar-2008
By Noli Dinkovski noli.dinkovski@william-reed.co.uk Magners is to launch in draught from May, selling exclusively through Coors Brewers. Producer...
06-Mar-2008 By Roger Protz
Beer expert Roger Protz considers the turnaround in modern brewing fortunes
Food pubs urged to serve free tap water
06-Mar-2008 By Joe Lutrario joe.lutrario@william-reed.co.uk
The Government and the UK's biggest water provider are urging the hospitality industry to offer free tap water to customers as a matter of course....
05-Mar-2008 By Ewan Turney
Lancashire brewer and operator Thwaites has won the right for a judicial review of opening hours granted at one of its pubs. The brewer is due in the...
Family focus: Family affair
04-Mar-2008
BRITVIC IS a pub supplier that has worked hard to develop products for the family market in recent years, and a raft of research makes this seem a...
