http://www.just-drinks.com/companies/scottish-newcastle_id7Latest Scottish & Newcastle industry news - from just-drinks.com© 2013 All content copyright just-drinks.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:44 GMTThu, 23 May 2013 01:21:44 GMTjust-drinks.com - RSS feedjust-drinks.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20It was five years ago this week that the brewing industry said its final farewell to Scottish & Newcastle. The UK-based company saw its shares cease trading on 25 April, 2008, after Carlsberg and Heineken teamed up to buy and then split up the firm.http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/carlsberg-heineken-seal-scottish-newcastle-purchase_id110204.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleThu, 25 Apr 2013 13:15:00 GMTHeineken has further boosted its position in cider by acquiring Belgian producer Stassen from its management for an undisclosed sum. http://www.just-drinks.com/news/heineken-buys-cider-producer-stassen_id107275.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleFri, 08 Jun 2012 10:04:00 GMTHeineken is set to release its full-year and fourth-quarter results on Wednesday (15 February). Below, we take a look at the highs and lows for the company in the three months to the end of December.http://www.just-drinks.com/news/just-the-preview-heineken-fy-q4_id106299.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleMon, 13 Feb 2012 11:25:00 GMTUnited Breweries has announced that it will merge Scottish & Newcastle India Ltd into itself.http://www.just-drinks.com/news/united-breweries-to-swallow-scottish-newcastle-unit_id106252.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleWed, 08 Feb 2012 12:25:00 GMTHeineken UK has said that it acted responsibly on pensions following news that the UK Pension Ombudsman will formally investigate complaints made against the brewer.http://www.just-drinks.com/news/heineken-faces-pension-investigation_id105876.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleWed, 21 Dec 2011 15:23:00 GMTLast week, we bade farewell to Foster's Group as SABMiller closed its acquisition of the Australian brewer. Although the beer sector's thirst for consolidation has been relentless, Foster's also contributed strongly to its own downfall. Here, just-drinks identifies five key factors that led to the brewer's sale to SABMiller.http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/comment-five-reasons-why-fosters-group-fell_id105739.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleMon, 05 Dec 2011 14:43:00 GMTThe announcement that John Dunsmore is set to vacate the CEO-ship of C&C Group at the end of this year means Dunsmore has not fulfilled the destiny we here at just-drinks had in mind for him. Unless, of course, he reverts to our type in the next two months.http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/not-the-poisoned-chalice-we-thought_id105294.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleWed, 19 Oct 2011 15:33:00 GMTOkay, to call the Russian beer market a dead duck may be dramatic licence, but there can be no denying that Carlsberg's relationship with Russia's beer drinkers has taken a severe turn of late.http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/from-golden-goose-to-dead-duck_id104746.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleWed, 17 Aug 2011 13:43:00 GMTIn part one of my interview with Heineken's CEO, Jean-François van Boxmeer, which ran earlier this week, we took a close look at the brewer's purchase of FEMSA Cerveza last year. We also started a world tour of beer markets, discussing Europe, Russia, Brazil and Mexico.http://www.just-drinks.com/interview/the-wehring-interview-heineken-part-ii_id103993.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleThu, 26 May 2011 12:52:00 GMTCoca-Cola Amatil has appointed the ex-CEO of Scottish & Newcastle, Tony Froggatt, as a non-executive director.http://www.just-drinks.com/news/coca-cola-amatil-recruits-ex-scottish-newcastle-chief_id102291.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleMon, 01 Nov 2010 17:30:00 GMTFor all C&C Group has suggested this week that it may seek to acquire more drinks assets, there could be equally as much scope for a takeover of the cider and beer business.http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/comment-could-cc-group-be-bought-out_id102146.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleFri, 15 Oct 2010 15:27:00 GMTCarlsberg held its 'Capital Markets Day 2010' in Copenhagen yesterday (16 September). Michelle Russell made the journey over to Denmark, and managed to grab some time with company CEO, Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen.http://www.just-drinks.com/interview/the-just-drinks-interview-carlsbergs-ceo_id101870.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleThu, 16 Sep 2010 13:10:00 GMTHeineken subsidiary Alken Maes has completed the merger by acquisition of Affligem Brewery in Belgium.http://www.just-drinks.com/news/heinekens-alken-maes-completes-affligem-merger_id100890.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleFri, 28 May 2010 14:46:00 GMTShares in Danish brewer Carlsberg rose 3% on Tuesday (11 May) as the firm reported first-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates. The brewer also stood firm on its forecast of a strong profits rise in 2010, despite seeing first quarter sales damaged by a three-fold tax rise on beer in Russia.http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/in-the-spotlight-carlsbergs-q1_id100757.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleFri, 14 May 2010 15:44:00 GMTThe wave of major consolidation activity in the beer market over 2008 was followed by weakening volume growth in 2009 as the economic downturn put a dampener on bullish tactics. With the global beer landscape and future growth opportunities realigned, Euromonitor International's latest global briefing 'Strategies for Growth in an Increasingly Consolidated Global Beer Market' deciphers the measures that companies have taken in light of this new operating environment and how they fit in with long-term strategies. Spiros Malandrakis, Alcoholic Drinks Analyst at Euromonitor International, investigates.http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/research-global-beer-players-under-the-microscope_id100504.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleFri, 23 Apr 2010 09:00:00 GMTAuthorities in the UK have arrested seven people suspected of links to a large insider trading ring, which a report has said may involve shares in Scottish & Newcastle.http://www.just-drinks.com/news/insider-trading-probe-includes-sn-shares-report_id100332.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleMon, 29 Mar 2010 14:43:00 GMTHeineken cut nearly 15% of its UK workforce in 2009 as part of efforts to make its business in the country more profitable, the brewer has confirmed.http://www.just-drinks.com/news/heineken-uk-job-cuts-in-09_id99996.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleMon, 01 Mar 2010 14:30:00 GMTThe top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:http://www.just-drinks.com/news/just-the-round-up-the-week-in-drinks_id99979.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleFri, 26 Feb 2010 14:36:00 GMTNearly two years since Carlsberg and Heineken joined forces to buy and carve up Scottish & Newcastle, it is hard to see what the Netherlands-based brewer got from the deal.http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/comment-did-heineken-get-a-raw-deal-on-sn_id99948.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleWed, 24 Feb 2010 15:29:00 GMTC&C Group, the Magners cider and Tennent's lager brand owner, has appointed former Scottish & Newcastle chairman Sir Brian Stewart as its non-executive chairman.http://www.just-drinks.com/news/cc-group-hires-another-ex-scottish-newcastle-exec_id99911.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feed&utm_content=scottish-newcastleFri, 19 Feb 2010 15:20:00 GMT