Forth Wines has bought family-owned specialist drinks wholesale business J. A. Glass of Dysart for an undisclosed sum. The two companies will trade separately but J. A. Glass will move to Forth Wines’ Milnathort base. J. A. Glass is a long established family business run by Duncan Glass and cousin Donald. It acts as a [...]
Tennent Caledonian has revealed a price increase of 2.2% effective from March for Tennent’s Lager and Magners Golden Draught. There will however be no increase on the wholesale list price of Caledonia Best. This equates to a 3.5p rise per pint, which is half, that of its nearest competitor. John Gilligan, Sales Managing Director of [...]
The new UK ‘Beer Barometer’ shows pub beer sales slipped 3.4% in 2011, but off trade sales were down 3.7% The figures, published by the British Beer & Pub Association, also revealed that the fall in beer sales has slowed. The fall in pub sales of 3.4% was the slowest rate of decline since 2004. [...]
Belhaven Brewery are planning to launch Belhaven Black, a new 4.2 ABV stout this month (January 2012). The company aims, it says, to “ignite the UK’s stout market” which is totally dominated by Guinness. This deluxe new stout has been crafted to provide a taste of something different for fans of deeper, dark ales. Says [...]
Patrick Venning has been appointed Marketing Director – Spirits at Pernod Ricard. Patrick, who has over 20 years’ marketing experience and seven years within Pernod Ricard UK working across the full portfolio of wine and spirits brands has been involved with the successful integration of brands following the Allied Domecq acquisition and turnaround performances on [...]
Alan Creevy, of CDLH Leisure & Hospitality Surveyors www.cdlh.co.uk recognised experts in the Hospitality property sector, looks back on 2011 with some surprising revelations on the popularity and growth of Glasgow’s buoyant restaurant sector. Alan Creevy commented, “There is no doubt that the doom and gloom merchants were out in force in 2011. Realistically, there [...]
Bombay Sapphire gin has revealed as the world’s number one premium gin by value for a third consecutive year. The brand, saw year-on-year growth of its share by value within the premium gin categoryfor the 12 months to the end of December 2010. It recorded an increase of 1.5 share points to 38%, according to [...]
]Innis & Gunn, has recruited David Cockburn BAcc, CA as Chief Financial Officer. David,41, who was voted ‘2010 Scottish Dealmaker of the Year’ by Scottish Business Insider, now joins the Board full-time; previously, he advised the Board, where he played a key role in the development and strategy of the business after the MBO in [...]
Brian Ettles, a team leader at Glenfiddich’s Dufftown plant, has died. Newspaper reports suggest he was found dead in a 16ft distillery vat filled with water and yeast at the weekend. The distillery was closed yesterday (Monday 9th January) as a mark of respect. Brian, who was only 46, had worked at the distllery for [...]
People find alcohol sweeter in noisy environments, which might drown out our ability to judge how much we’re drinking, according to new research. The research, conducted by Dr Lorenzo Stafford, a psychologist from the University of Portsmouth, is the first experimental study to find out how music can alter the taste of alcohol. Dr Stafford [...]
