WKD rolls out cocktail kettles to add the "wow factor" in pubs and bars
Tens of thousands of WKD ‘cocktail kettles’ are being rolled out across the on-trade, as brand owner SHS Group looks to capitalise on the growth in the cocktail market.
Archives for October 23, 2012
Punch Taverns in restructuring talks after fall in pre-tax profits
Punch Taverns, the tenanted and leased pub company, has reported a fall in EBITDA and pre-tax profits in the 52 weeks to 18 August and says it has begun restructuring talks.
Batemans tackles the challenges head on
What would you do if you’re a family brewer in a largely rural area with a large seaside resort a few miles away that few people go to and the local population is made up of mainly poorly-paid farm workers? Reach for the suicide pill?
Get ahead of the game when it comes to EMROs and the late-night levy
It has been more than two years since the Government announced plans to ‘rebalance the Licensing Act’. I sometimes wonder whether the continual drip feed of consultation papers, draft regulations and partial enactments is deliberate Government policy to...
Monster Energy denies responsibility for death of 14-year-old US girl
The maker of energy drink Monster Energy is being sued by the family of a teenage girl who drank two cans before she died last December.
BBPA questions legality of Cambridge City Council plans to protect pubs
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has questioned Cambridge City Council’s plans to make it harder for the change of use and demolition of pubs.
Brewers could close after Waverley TBS administration
A couple of small breweries could close down as a result of the collapse of drinks supplier Waverley TBS — that’s the stark reality from Buster Grant, owner of Brecon Brewing in Wales.