UK market proves to be tough for Diageo
15-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Scotland's smoking ban, reduced retailer-funded promotions and a consumer shift from the on-trade to the off-trade hit Diageo's performance in the UK...
Tax hike 'will cause brewery closures'
15-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Brewery closures will escalate if the annual tax hike on beer continues. That is the stark message from the British Beer & Pub Association...
Britvic lets the juice loose
15-Feb-2007
Britvic is working on a range of new soft drinks to help pubs gain more business when the smoking ban comes into force. Outlining a £7m investment...
City Dispense opens first pub in quest for perfect pint
15-Feb-2007
Technical services provider City Dispense has opened its first pub with a mission to showcase the best in cellar maintenance and beer quality. The...
Return of the Beefeater
14-Feb-2007
Looming out of the London fog, the imposing gateway to the Beefeater Distillery in Kennington, South London is flanked by two gas-powered lamps and...
Green Goblin unleashed on pub trade
14-Feb-2007
Wychwood Brewery has launched a new six per cent cider targeted at the top-end of the resurgent cider market.Green Goblin, which is the result of a...
Showing Irish spirit
13-Feb-2007
What role do smaller Irish whiskey brands such as Tullamore Dew have to play in a market dominated by Pernod Ricard's Jameson and Diageo's...
Gale sale boosts Heavitree Brewery's results
12-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Selling its holding in George Gale to Fuller's last year helped hike Heavitree Brewery's annual pre-tax profits up to £2.6m.The Devon brewer, which...
Young & Co "not for sale
12-Feb-2007 By Hamish Champ
Young & Co has denied weekend press speculation that the group is soon to be sold.Media reports suggested that following recent changes at the...
Trade lobbies for beer duty freeze
08-Feb-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
Call for MPs to help struggling UK pubs and brewers Trade groups are calling for a freeze on beer duty to help pubs and brewers cope with the smoking...
Craft ales must seize the day
08-Feb-2007
A report on the admirable MA website came like a bolt from the proverbial. According to market analysts AC Nielsen, for the first time ever wine...
The Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET)
08-Feb-2007
The WSET is the largest global provider of education in wines and spirits. Its one-day introductory WSET Foundation Course is designed to promote...
Carling Premier returns
08-Feb-2007
Coors is bringing back Carling Premier after developing new technology to ensure it can deliver a lager with a lasting head. Carling Premier was...
Cool addition to pep-up RTDs
08-Feb-2007
Rosie Davenport rosie.davenport@william-reed.co.uk Beverage Brands is continuing to buck the trend in the RTD sector by launching a new product to...
CAMRA makes six-point system available online
07-Feb-2007
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is to introduce a new online National Beer Scoring Scheme (NBSS) to rate the quality of beer in pubs.The NBSS is a...
SIBA calls on pubcos to go local
05-Feb-2007
Pub companies are not making the most of the opportunity for local beers, according to the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).The latest annual...
02-Feb-2007
This weekend 30 Aintree hopefuls will bid to ride in the John Smith's People's Race at this year's Grand National.
Guinness unveils hands-on advertising
02-Feb-2007
Diageo has unveiled the latest execution in its award-winning ŒGood things come to those who wait¹ advertising campaign.The advert, called "Hands"...
Pub sales of cider grow dramatically
01-Feb-2007 By Tony Halstead tony.halstead@william-reed.co.uk
Pub sales of cider are continuing their dramatic growth, driven predominantly by the success of Irish-bottled Magners and brand leader Bulmers...
Brewery honours Rebus
01-Feb-2007
Caledonian brewery is celebrating 20 years of Scotland's famous fictional detective Rebus by launching a beer with a secret ingredient. To honour the...
Wales Focus: choose a local beer
30-Jan-2007
Like other parts of the UK, Wales has seen a growth in microbrewers since the advent of progressive beer duty encouraged small scale producers to set...
A beautiful era beckons for Pernod Ricard
25-Jan-2007
Pernod Ricard is upgrading its forecast for the current year's net sales organic growth to six per cent.The upward shift follows what the group said...
A bitter skill to swallow
25-Jan-2007
I suppose something is news if you haven't heard it before. So it was with the poker case that concluded last week, described by some eager beavers...
Thwaites pub scores treble
25-Jan-2007
The Albion in Carnforth, Lancashire, came up trumps at an awards ceremony for Thwaites managed pubs - by scooping three gongs. Albion managers John...
Home-grown foodie leads the pack
25-Jan-2007
Paul McCrystal tells Ewan Turney how a passion for home-made British food and quality real ales helped him increase turnover by 25% year on year at...
The port pundit
24-Jan-2007
How do port producers go about changing the drink's old-fashioned image?That image of port comes from it being poured in some of the best gentlemen's...
23-Jan-2007 By Rosie Davenport
Guinness is to launch a bar-top unit that claims to deliver draught quality Guinness from cans in the UK on-trade. The device, known as the Surger,...
Back to basics: cellar gas safety
22-Jan-2007
As more pubs have become independent of brewers over the last 15 years or so the impact has not just been on the beer on the bar. The freeing of the...
Wells & Young's buys Courage beers
18-Jan-2007
The PMA Team paul.charity@william-reed.co.uk Wells & Young's Brewing Company (W&YBC) has bought the rights for the production, marketing and...
Brewers unite over PBD concerns
18-Jan-2007
Regional brewers are rallying together to renew their concerns over Progressive Beer Duty (PBD).A group of nearly 20 brewers, including Adnams and...
Craig looks after Gavin's Deuchars
18-Jan-2007
Licensees of pubs and clubs in Yorkshire shouldn't be surprised if they get paid a visit by England and Yorkshire cricket all-rounder Craig White....
Carlsberg mulls Tuborg roll-out
18-Jan-2007 By Rosie Davenport rosie.davenport@william-reed.co.u
Carlsberg is in discussions with pub companies about the launch of Tuborg in the UK. The lager is Denmark's best-selling beer and also boasts wide...
All together now...
17-Jan-2007
I'd like to have lived in a Manns world. An innocent, charming world where moustaches, monocles and manners madeth the man; where men kept a snuffbox...
Wells & Young's Brewing Company buys rights to Courage cask ale brands
17-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Wells & Youngs Brewing Company (W&YBC) has stepped up a gear in the cask ale market by buying the rights to brew, market and sell the Courage...
16-Jan-2007
It has not been a Happy New Year for several licensees found guilty of passing off cheap spirits as top brand names. The International Federation of...
Arkell's 'swamped' by red-tape deluge
11-Jan-2007 By The PMA Team
Swindon-based Arkell's Brewery has complained of new regulations "swamping its management team" in annual accounts recently filed at Companies House....
Red Stripe looking to become face of live music
11-Jan-2007
Red Stripe is looking to become the face of live music in the UK over the next two years.Wells & Young's (W&Y), which brews the brand under...
Budweiser in shock deal with Budvar
11-Jan-2007 By Graham Ridout
The brewing industry is reeling at the news that US giant Anheuser-Busch has formed an alliance with long -time adversary Budejovicky Budvar to...
Why did Bond give gin the sling?
11-Jan-2007
The marketing value of the new Bond film has boosted sales of a little-known French vermouth, but Adam Edwards is feeling bitter January is when I...
All the latest products at Hospitality 2007
10-Jan-2007
Publicans visiting Hospitality 2007 at the NEC in Birmingham (Jan 22 -24) can expect a variety of specific features designed to educate and inform...
Budweiser to import Budvar into U.S
09-Jan-2007
After nearly a century of bad feeling, a new alliance might signal a change in one of brewing's biggest trademark disputes.In a move which will amaze...
09-Jan-2007 By Graham Ridout
The brewing industry is reeling at the news that US giant Anheuser-Busch has formed an alliance with long time adversary Budejovicky Budvar to import...
09-Jan-2007
London brewer Fuller Smith & Turner will be the 'official beer of the Flora London Marathon' after signing a six-figure, three-year deal....
Camra insists fears over stamping fail to measure up
04-Jan-2007
The Campaign For Real Ale (Camra) has moved to quash rumours that the change-over from a crown stamp to a CE mark on a pint glass is an attempt to...
29-Dec-2006
A new company is hoping to help British brewers reach a global market. Sovereign Beverage Company has been set up by David Davies (pictures) to help...
Merger for Beer Academy
21-Dec-2006
The Beer Academy has been given a major boost following a tie up with the Institute of Brewing & Distilling (IBD) that will lead to an...
19-Dec-2006
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Tom Stainer as editor of its flagship members' newspaper, What's Brewing.
Government kicks off latest drink-drive push
18-Dec-2006
Key organisations including the British Beer & Pub Association and The Drinkaware Trust are linking up with the Department for Transport (DT)...
Drinks review of the year
14-Dec-2006
HitsDavid BremnerThere are colleagues and ex-colleagues of Mr Bremner who have ribbed him mercilessly following his rise to prominence in the trade...
14-Dec-2006 By Rosie Davenport
The so-called 'Brazilian effect' of severe cost-cutting at InBev has raised a few eyebrows but Richard Evans explains to Rosie Davenport that it is...
