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Some of the fizz certainly seems to have left Cobra Beer’s fortunes, after the UK-based company announced last week that it had been put up for sale by its founder, Lord Bilimoria.

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Molson Coors has relaunched a TV ad for Cobra Beer after it helped the brand to double-digit sales and volume growth in the UK last year.

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Molson Coors has appointed a new managing director for its UK & Ireland division, which is set to merge with the brewer's Central Europe unit.

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Molson Coors is to launch packaging that displays information on the environmental and social impact of its Cobra beer brand in the UK.

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Molson Coors believes that Cobra's double-digit sales momentum can lift it into the top ten best selling beers in the UK within a decade.

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Molson Coors and Cobra beer founder Lord Karan Bilimoria are backing the beer brand in the UK with a GBP4m (US$6.3m) advertising drive.

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Carlsberg is set to return to Trinidad & Tobago, through an import partnership with NWT Enterprises in the market.

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Molson Coors and Cobra beer founder Lord Karan Bilimoria are relaunching the brand in the UK to emphasise its premium positioning.

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In what can easily be termed 'cheeky' marketing, British brewer Wells & Young’s is launching Mongoose, a premium lager the firm says is more like original Cobra lager than Cobra is itself today, Brewers' Guardian reports today (5 July).

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Cobra Beer has developed a multi-media campaign to coincide with its sponsorship of National Curry Week.

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Cobra Beer founder Lord Bilimoria is seeking finance to expand the beer brand in India, five months after Molson Coors stepped in to rescue Cobra's UK division from collapse.

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Molson Coors UK has officially launched the Cobra Beer Partnership, backed by a GBP10m (US$16m), three-year marketing campaign.

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Molson Coors has hailed strong profits growth in the UK in 2009 and said that its business in the country has good prospects, despite a tough beer market.

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Molson Coors has signed a deal to distribute Singha beer in the UK, as the brewer looks to expand its presence in "ethnic" restaurants.

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Wells & Young's has confirmed that it has ceased brewing Cobra Beer's namesake beer brand in the UK.

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Molson Coors, the company that rescued Cobra Beer from administration last week, said it plans to boost its share of Scotland’s shrinking beer market to 20% by 2012.

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Molson Coors rescued Cobra Beer from administration late last week, picking up a 50.1% stake in the company’s UK operations.

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Molson Coors has rescued Cobra Beer from administration via a joint venture deal with the group's founder, Lord Bilimoria.

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Molson Coors Brewing Company has announced that its board of directors has approved a 20% increase in the quarterly dividend rate on its Class A and Class B common shares.