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Published: 25 February, 2015
Up to 90% of pub, bar and restaurant owners are optimistic about their businesses in the year ahead despite ongoing concerns about staff costs and finding a niche in the market, according to latest research from CGA Peach.
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Published: 25 February, 2015
Twittter is no longer just a way to communicate, keep in touch and build your audience, it can also really help to drive sales and bring new and existing customers to your business.
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Published: 24 February, 2015
Independent wine merchants and high street retailers are being urged to appeal soaring business rates before a March 31 deadline that will set new rates until 2017.
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Published: 24 February, 2015
A group of artisan wine producers in New Zealand have awarded their first MW scholarship to a UK-based wine writer.
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Published: 24 February, 2015
The quickest way for the Australian wine industry to achieve the effective and lasting changes it seeks is to implement a strategy that does not just speak for the big corporations, but works for all levels, according to leading research body Wine Business Solutions.
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Published: 24 February, 2015
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Published: 24 February, 2015
The hospitality and multiple off-licence sectors are throwing their support behind the trade's Drop The Duty campaign, as new research from CGA highlights the importance of wine and spirit sales to the UK on-trade.
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Published: 24 February, 2015
Coravin, the pioneering wine access system which allows you to pour wine from a bottle without removing the cork, has appointed former Nespresso boss Frédéric Levy as its new chief executive to lead its ambitious expansion plans in to new markets.
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Published: 23 February, 2015
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Published: 23 February, 2015
Competition between English and New Zealand sparkling wine came to a head last week as the two countries tied in a blind-tasting organised to coincide with the Cricket World Cup.
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Published: 23 February, 2015
MSC students at Burgundy's School of Wine & Spirts came out top last week in an "Oenology Challenge" competition with winemaking students at Plumpton College.
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Published: 23 February, 2015
Following last week's web video masterclass and seminar hosted by Google and YouTube for members of the UK wine trade and students from Burgundy's School of Wine Business, wine consultant Matthew Dickinson gives his personal summary and looks at how video is going to change the way the wine industry communicates.
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Published: 23 February, 2015
Independent wine merchants are flocking to Manchester's Old Trafford today for the start of the Specialist Independent Trade Tasting (SITT).
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Published: 23 February, 2015
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is calling on the government to cut the beer duty for the third year in a row as a report out today highlights the boost scrapping the duty escalator in last year's Budget has given the industry.
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Published: 23 February, 2015
As we enter the final Action Week of the March for the Independents campaign we turn the spotlight on the market trends, insights and data that will help independent wine merchants ensure they have the rights wines and spirits on shelf at the right price.
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Published: 20 February, 2015
Wine businesses need to rethink use of online video to engage with consumers, a leading wine academic has said.
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Published: 20 February, 2015
An all-female line up of international judges have voted for the winners in the 2015 Argentina wine awards.
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Published: 20 February, 2015
If you want to sell your wines and spirits to the happiest of customers then you need to get on the lists at Byron, the premium burger chain, and Browns, according to new research from CGA Peach BrandTrack.
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Published: 20 February, 2015
New whisky distilleries are popping up all over the world and they're all competing to make a name for themselves. But some, says Dominic Roskrow, are turning to increasingly bizarre production methods in an attempt to be different
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Published: 20 February, 2015
The clock is ticking but there is still time to get your entries in for the Harpers Awards 2015.
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