Here's a round-up of this week's highlights in the global beer category. We are also running similar round-ups for soft drinks & bottled water and spirits & wine.

Not many business empires begin with a holiday to Peru. But that was the genesis of Chilli Marketing, which last week sold the UK rights of Swedish cider brand Rekorderlig to Molson Coors.

As Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delivers new proposals to tackle the country’s debt crisis, Lucy Britner takes a closer look at what it means to the local drinks trade.

A UK trade body has set up a club to help its members export beer. The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), which represents 800 breweries, will launch an Export Club to enable independent brewers to crack the export market.

Heineken has bought United Spirits' remaining stake in India's United Breweries (UB) for INR8.72bn (US$137.2m).

SABMiller is to install Domenic De Lorenzo as its permanent CFO five months after Jamie Wilson resigned from the post.

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San Miguel Brewery has blamed the loss of an Anheuser-Busch InBev distribution deal in China as it warned first-half profits will dip into the red.

Anheuser-Busch InBev has continued a craft buying spree in South America with its Brazilian subsidiary AmBev's acquisition of Colorado Brewery.

Scottish brewer BrewDog has said its US facility will replace export to the country, except for "occasional small batches".