All Suppliers articles – Page 62
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AG Barr grows FY PBT 9.6%
AG Barr, the soft drinks group whose brands include Irn-Bru and Strathmore water, has reported a 9.6% rise in profit before tax and exceptionals to £38.1m in the 12 months to 26 January, a period it described as one of “significant progress” at the company
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Benner leaves CAMRA for SIBA
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has named Mike Benner, currently chief executive at the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), as its new managing director
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Zonal turnover grows 14.2% in 'transformational' year
Zonal Retail Data Systems saw its turnover grow 14.2% to reach £41.3m in what it called a “truly transformational year” to 30 June 2013, during which it secured contracts with major operators including Mitchells & Butlers
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Admiral Taverns appoints CPL
Admiral Taverns has appointed CPL to provide its personal licence training
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C&C buys wholesaler Wallaces Express outright
C&C Group, the Irish producer of Magner’s cider, has announced that it has acquired the outstanding 50% share of Wallaces Express, Scotland’s largest wine and spirits wholesaler, that it did not already own for an undisclosed sum
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Analysis & Insight
Value of wines and spirits in pubs to grow
The value of wines and spirits to the UK on-trade is set to increase over the coming years as new outlets sell a greater proportion of these products, new research shows
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M&B creates innovative cattle scheme
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has created an innovative cattle scheme offering direct contracts with British beef farmers
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UK Scotch Whisky market falls 3%
The UK market for Scotch Whisky declined by 3% last year, according to the Scotch Whisky Association
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Nichols FY PBT grows 10%
Nichols, the soft drinks supplier whose brands include Vimto, Sunkist and Panda, has reported a 10% rise in pre-tax profit (pre-exceptionals) to £22.5m in 2013, which it said was “another excellent year” for the company
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SIBA names national beer winners
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has announced three Supreme Champions and 60 medal winners in its National Beer Competition 2014
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SIBA names new chair, agrees new structure
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) has named Guy Sheppard, co-founder of Devon brewer Exe Valley, as its new chairman as it unveiled a new structure
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Molson Coors names new Scotland sales and ops director
Molson Coors has appointed Hugo Mills, previously of Diageo and Gruppo Campari, as director of sales and operations for Scotland
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iTradeNetwork launches individual supplier websites
iTradeNetwork, the owners and operators of online ordering website barbox.com, has closed the service, replacing it with individual supplier websites
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Progressive beer duty is 'a monster'
David Grant, managing director of Lancashire brewer Moorhouse’s, has renewed his attack on the system of tax breaks for smaller brewers, labelling it a “monster” that is “skewing” the market to “badly penalise” regional independent brewers and national suppliers
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Europe's brewers call for level tax playing field with US
Europe’s brewers are calling for a level playing field on tax relief for small brewers to be included in trade negotiations between the EU and the US next week
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Pickles approves Cains' £150m Brewery Village
Cains, the Liverpool-based brewer, has been given the green light by the Secretary of State for the £150m development of the Cains Brewery Village
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On-line craft beer sales growth accelerates
Ales by Mail, which works with craft brewers to deliver on-line sales, says it has experienced treble-digit growth in demand for beer online in the second half of 2013 and into 2014
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New London distillery to open cocktail bar
A new London-based distillery founded by former Barworks operations manager Alex Wolpert is to open a new cocktail bar
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Brewers unveil Let There Be Beer plans
After admitting the first year of Let There Be Beer, the cross-industry campaign to revive the beer category, had been “mixed”, brewers unveiled big plans for 2014
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Rise of British beer exports supported by new strategy
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and National Association of Cidermakers, working alongside the Government-backed UK Trade and Investment, have announced a strategy to increase exports of beer and cider throughout 2014 and 2015