Conviviality Plc’s retail division has been bought by Bestway, in a £7 million deal, saving around 2,000 jobs that had been put at serious risk by the collapse of the drinks giant.
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Argentine wine brand Trivento has announced a new media partnership with Discovery Channel, to run from 6 April through December across four of the network’s outlets.
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In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have put together a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.
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Enotria and Coe has announced that private equity owners BlueGem are to invest £10 million to support the growth of the company in the coming months.
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With annual sales of £1.6bn and shares flying high at 425p each on the stock market at the end of 2017, Conviviality seemed to be more than keeping its head above water in the choppy seas of today’s difficult trading environment.
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Specialist wine importer Hallgarten & Novum Wines has introduced 12 new Spanish producers, adding a total of 35 new wines from 10 different regions, to its portfolio.
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In what has been a tumultuous week for wine, it has now emerged that Accolade Wines, the biggest volume supplier of wines to the UK off-trade, has been bought out by multinational investment firm Carlyle Group.
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Innovation in the drinks sector and a reduction in the amount of trade promotions has seen alcohol retain its place as the top selling FMCG category, according to new research.
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Toppled wholesaling giant Conviviality responds to the sale of its Conviviality Direct business, including Bibendum and Matthew Clark, and is now hopeful for the sale of retail outfits Bargain Booze and Wine Rack
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The proposed partnership deal between C&C Group and AB Inbev to save Matthew Clark and Bibendum from insolvency has been completed.
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A tech start-up is looking to re-engage affluent 20-somethings with wine by expanding its app’s reach into the supermarket wine aisles.
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Californian wine producers are braced for a slide in sales to China as trade relations between the country and the US continue to deteriorate.
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Brewing company C&C in partnership with AB InBev are likely to save Matthew Clark and Bibendum PLB.
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Wine buying group Vindependents has signed a new deal with family run merchant Nickolls & Perks after two founder members quit the organisation earlier this year.
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Amathus Drinks has announced a new partnership with Vertus producer Champagne Duval-Leroy.
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New regulations put in place to protect the reputation of Australian wine exports have been introduced.
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A record number of bottles of English and Welsh wines were released onto the market last year, according to new HMRC data.
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Brown Brothers has announced it's exiting the UK market after more than 25 years.
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In light of Conviviality’s fall from grace, following a tumultuous month which saw three profit warnings, its market value tumble, shares suspended and the departure of CEO Diana Hunter, Harpers has gathered opinions from across the drinks industry as the business prepares to file for administration
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Hakkasan Group has launched a new alcohol-free drinks menu called the Orchard List.
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