UK: Scottish minister to meet Diageo over job cuts
Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, was due to meet with Diageo's senior management today (2 July) after the drinks giant announced plans to shed more than 10% of its workforce in the country.
Quote unquote - Westminster Food & Nutrition Keynote Seminar on alcohol (MEM)
Just-drinks has today (2 July) been in attendance at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Keynote Seminar on alcohol, held in London. The morning-long event has been looking at the issue of alcohol consumption and abuse in the UK, and considered the situation as it is, as it could be and as it should be. Among the more pertinent comments from speakers are the ones below.
COMMENT: Diageo uproots Scotch whisky ops (MEM)
There are circumstances when tradition and heritage are to be cherished and there are others when both can hang like dead weights around your neck.
Bulmers Pear cider in laxative claim
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C&C Group's new Bulmers Pear cider in Ireland has not gone down well with a handful of consumers, it seems. A forum posting on the boards.ie website is headed: "Bulmers pear (best laxa...
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The UK and the binge drinking conundrum
Quote unquote - Westminster Food & Nutrition Keynote Seminar on alcohol (MEM)
Just-drinks has today (2 July) been in attendance at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Keynote Seminar on alcohol, held in London. The morning-long event has been looking at the issue of alcohol consumption and abuse in the UK, and considered the situation as it is, as it could be and as it should be. Among the more pertinent comments from speakers are the ones below.
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