Chris Jones, former commercial director of Matthew Clark’s brands distribution business, has joined forces with wholesaler Hammonds of Knutsford to launch a UK drinks agency with the aim of uniting bars and brands that “dare to be different”.
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Heineken is releasing a new countertop draught beer dispenser, which it says could help to capture growth of on-tap in the unrepresented casual dining sector.
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BrewDog is continuing its craft beer crusade with the launch of its latest bar in Oxford.
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ProWein, the must-attend premier wine and spirits business show in Europe, has revealed it’s turning the spotlight on craft spirits, beer and cider in 2018.
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Waitrose has announced it is bringing back its ‘Drinks Festival’, which the retailer ran for the first time last year.
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Four out of the top seven performing export categories in the UK’s food and drink market are alcoholic, new figures have revealed.
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The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) is calling for greater clarity for beer drinkers following a number of buyouts of previously independent craft breweries in the UK by global beer companies.
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The ever-expanding Brewdog is looking to make its current storage and distribution arrangement more sophisticated with a new logistics agreement with XPO.
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Sales of spirits brought more money to the Treasury than beer for the first time ever, according to the latest HMRC figures released this morning.
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Crown Cellars, the wine division of Carlsberg UK, has unveiled its 2017/18 wine portfolio, with a focus on Spain and Italy.
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Vindependents, the drinks agency for independents run by independents, is going from strength to strength but the buying group is far from resting on its laurels.
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Craft beer darling BrewDog has revealed turnover of £72 million in 2016.
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Discount supremo Aldi is bringing back its festival beer range for a second year with some notable additions.
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The difference in approach between winemakers and craft beer brewers to creating new drinking experiences can be clearer nowhere than at Morgenrot’s stand at this year’s London Wine Fair.
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Independent Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn has announced a roster of new appointments as it plans to expand its reach into the rest of the UK and to new international markets.
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Leading craft brewers BrewDog are aiming to take craft distillation to “new levels” with the launch of their first spirits range.
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Scotch may be one of the UK's greatest export success stories, but craft beer and gin are fast catching up, according to figures released by Defra yesterday to coincide with Burns' Night.
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Gone are the days when all the consumer had to choose between was a can on the supermarket shelf or cask ale from the pub. This has everything to do with the craft beer movement, which – fuelled by the flexibility and creativity afforded to small brewers, an explosion of flavours in hops from the New World and the proliferation of alternative formats – has taken not just the beer but the entire drinks industry by storm in recent years.
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Edinburgh-based Craft brewery Innis & Gunn has raised £2.5 million through a four-week crowdfunding campaign - more than double its original target.
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The iconic Hofmeister lager brand is set to return to the UK on-trade after a 13-year hiatus.
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