Brewer gets in the abbey habit

A BELGIAN abbey beer brewed to mature in the bottle has been launched by Miller Brands. St Stefanus Grand Cru is produced to the traditional...

Tennent’s launches new business site

TENNENT Caledonian has launched a new website to showcase all aspects of the brewer’s business. The new site (www.tennentcaledonian.com) is described as a useful portal...

Coors shows its zest for the seasons

MOLSON Coors has launched a new ad campaign for the winter variant of Carling Zest, its limited edition seasonal lager. The ‘get a zest for...

Minister launches new pubco review

A LACK of appetite to heap more regulation on business is hampering the progress of pubco reform. Ann McKechin, MP for Glasgow North and a...

50 jobs to go at Coke

FIFTY staff are facing the axe in Lanarkshire at the company behind soft drink giant Coca-Cola in Scotland. Coca-Cola Enterprises is proposing to close its...

Diageo snaps up W&M stake

DIAGEO has paved the way to develop sales in the lucrative Indian spirits market after acquiring a stake in the firm behind Whyte &...

Price right in Canada

NEW research on minimum pricing from Canada that’s said to show the positive effect the mechanism can have on health has been welcomed by...

Award winners have the X-Factor

TV star Kate Thornton hands prizes to 23 venues, individuals and operators and Harry Hood takes 2012 Award for Industry Achievement as 17th annual...

Arran goes over the sea to Skye

Merged breweries confirm opening of first pub in Glasgow. The newly-merged Isle of Arran and Isle of Skye breweries have confirmed plans to open their first craft beer pub in Glasgow city centre. Arran Brewery plc – the new holding company for the two breweries – has acquired the leasehold of premises in a former bank on the corner of West Regent and Hope Streets

Heineken rings the lease changes

S&N name dropped as brewer relaunches leaseholder agreements. Heineken has become the latest major landlord to revamp its lease deals after announcing sweeping changes to its pubco division. The brewer today unveils a new name for its pub business, broadens its range of leases and builds what it says is greater flexibility into existing deals.

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