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UK: Jack Daniel's Honey set to hit UK
9 May 2012
Bacardi Brown-Forman is launching Brown Forman's honey version of its Jack Daniel's whiskey brand in the UK this month – the first major product innovation for the brand in 14 years.
IRELAND: Drinks export market tops EUR1bn despite slowdown
2 May 2012
Ireland's drinks exports market has been hailed a “major success story” with a value of around EUR1.09bn (US$1.43bn) last year, despite a slowdown in sales.
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2 April 2012
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UK: “Significant” shareholder gets Mitchells & Butlers board representation
21 March 2012
Mitchells & Butlers has added another director to its board.
UK: Marston's "resilient" with bottled ale sales up 10%
14 March 2012
Marston's has reported a “resilient” trading performance in the 23 weeks to 10 March, but has warned that the consumer backdrop will remain “weak” throughout 2012.
Product Launch - UK: Molson Coors Worthington's Red Shield
1 March 2012
Molson Coors has launched Worthington's Red Shield.
UK: Fuller, Smith & Turner to buy Enterprise pubs
6 February 2012
Fuller, Smith & Turner is set to expand distribution of its beers in the UK by acquiring 15 pubs from Enterprise Inns.
UK: Fuller, Smith & Turner appoints pubs MD
1 February 2012
Fuller, Smith & Turner has promoted its operations director, Jonathon Swaine, to be the MD for its pub business.
UK: Mitchells & Butlers sees underlying sales rise
26 January 2012
Mitchells & Butlers has continued to see solid sales momentum from continuing operations, following its decision to dispose of hundreds of drinks-led pubs.
UK: GlaxoSmithKline's Lucozade in English rugby deal
18 January 2012
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has signed a deal with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for its Lucozade brand in the UK.
UK: AG Barr readies UK production facility build
16 January 2012
AG Barr has confirmed its plans to build a GBP40m (US$61.3m) bottling and distribution centre in the South of England.
UK: Mark Hunter takes British Beer & Pub Association chair
14 December 2011
The CEO of Molson Coors UK, Mark Hunter, has become the chairman of the British Beer & Pub Association.
UK: Heineken to acquire RBS Galaxy Pub Estate
2 December 2011
The UK arm of Heineken is set to become one of the largest pub owners in the country after agreeing to buy the Galaxy Pub Estate from Royal Bank of Scotland for GBP412m (US$646m).
UK: Marston's Beer Co improves FY sales, profits
30 November 2011
Marston's Beer Co has reported narrow rises in both sales and profits for its latest fiscal year, thanks to growing demand for its premium cask and bottled ales.
UK: Exports lift Fuller, Smith & Turner beer sales
25 November 2011
Fuller, Smith & Turner has said it will soon be exporting more beer than it sells in its own pubs in the UK, after seeing international thirst for London Pride lift half-year profits at its brewing business.
UK: Mitchells & Butlers swings back to black in FY
22 November 2011
Mitchells & Butlers has returned to profits in its latest fiscal year, but trading remains under pressure from a weak economy, food inflation and duty tax rises.
UK: Mitchells & Butlers interim CEO departs
28 October 2011
Mitchells & Butlers has confirmed the departure of its interim CEO, Jeremy Blood.
UK: Punch Taverns eyes road to redemption in FY
20 October 2011
Punch Taverns has said that it sees improving trends in its remaining business, despite failing to return to profits growth in its latest full-year.
GLOBAL: Diageo, Pernod Ricard dominate list of world's top performing brands
17 October 2011
Diageo and Pernod Ricard have dominated an inaugural list of the world's top performing spirits brands.
UK: Mitchells & Butlers turns to CEO search on takeover failure
17 October 2011
Mitchells & Butlers is expected to refocus its efforts on seeking a permanent CEO after the collapse of a takeover approach by Piedmont.
UK: Fuller, Smith & Turner appoints beer co head
29 September 2011
Fuller, Smith & Turner has appointed Ian Bray as MD for its beer company.
UK: Pub sector facing tougher regulation
21 September 2011
The British Beer & Pub Association has said that it will resist any attempt to impose more regulation on the UK on-trade, after a Parliamentary committee recommended a legally-binding code of practice for pub companies.
UK: Mitchells & Butlers rebuffs Piedmont takeover approach
13 September 2011
Mitchells & Butlers has rejected a takeover approach from Piedmont Inc.
UK: Heineken embraces the schooner
18 August 2011
Heineken UK has said that it will offer pubs and bars branded glasses that hold two-thirds of a pint, if the country's government legalises the measure as planned.
JERSEY: Liberation Group snaps up JJ Le Sueur
17 August 2011
Liberation Group has completed the purchase of JJ Le Sueur Limited on the island of Jersey.
UK: Mitchells & Butlers sees another chairman exit
14 July 2011
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has confirmed another change of chairman.
UK: Pressure grows for tougher regulation of on-trade
7 July 2011
The British Beer & Pub Association is battling to withstand growing political pressure for a statutory code of practice covering UK pub companies.
UK: Fuller, Smith & Turner handed deadline for Capital Pub Co deal
5 July 2011
The UK Takeover Panel has set a 'put up or shut up' deadline for Fuller, Smith & Turner over the group's interest in Capital Pub Co.
UK: Maxxium launches Maker's Mark push
30 June 2011
Maxxium UK has revealed plans for a marketing campaign for Beam Global Sprits & Wine's Maker's Mark Bourbon brand.
UK: Heineken expands cask ale reach
27 June 2011
Heineken is seeking to tap consumer thirst for cask ales in the UK by launching a summer campaign for the beers in the country's on-trade.
