WSTA welcomes Home Office decision to scrap locally-set licensing fees
Published: 26 February, 2015
The WSTA has welcomed the government's decision to scrap proposals for locally set licensing fees.
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TescoGate: Dan Jago to return to retailer following investigation
Published: 26 February, 2015
Dan Jago, who was suspended from his role as Tesco's director of wine, spirits and beer at the height of the fallout from the £263 million shortfall in the retailer's profits, is being reinstated and will return to the retailer in a new role on March 9.
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Now or never call by WSTA's Miles Beale for trade to back Drop the Duty campaign
Published: 26 February, 2015
With less than three weeks to go before the Budget, Miles Beale, chief executive of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association, has made an empassioned appeal to the industry to act now and get fully behind its campaign to persuade the Chancellor to cut alcohol duty by 2% in his March Budget.
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Brazil wine sales quadruple on back of strong multiple support
Published: 26 February, 2015
Brazilian wine sales in the UK have more than quadrupled over the last year following strong support from multiple retailers.
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Conviviality Retail signs franchise deal for GT stores to push its c-store off-licence model
Published: 26 February, 2015
Conviviality Retail has signed a 10-year franchise agreement with award winning East Anglian-based convenience retailer, Jonathan James to run 35 franchise stores.
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Ex-Tesco director David Potts named as new Morrisons chief executive
Published: 25 February, 2015
Morrisons has named former Tesco director, David Potts, as its new chief executive following weeks of speculation of who would succeed Dalton Phillips who announced he was stepping down in January.
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Independent wine merchants urged to appeal soaring business rates in hardest hit areas
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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Hospitality and off-licence sectors throw weight behind Drop the Duty campaign
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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One week to go to enter the Harpers Awards 2015
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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Waitrose named UK's favourite supermarket by Which?
Published: 19 February, 2015
Waitrose has returned to the top spot of the Which? annual supermarkets survey - narrowly ahead of last year's winner, discounter Aldi.
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Majestic Wine chief Steve Lewis steps down
Published: 19 February, 2015
Majestic Wine's chief executive Steve Lewis is leaving the retailer with immediate effect, on the back of poor festive sales.
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Tesco names John Allan as new chairman
Published: 18 February, 2015
Dixons Carphone deputy chairman John Allan has been appointed to lead Tesco's board of directors as Richard Broadbent departs.
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Wine sales rocket 20% to €44m at Vente-Privee
Published: 16 February, 2015
Wine sales rocketed in 2014 at flash sales site Vente-Privée, which is celebrating a 20% increase in wine turnover to €44 million, as it ramps up its UK focus with the appointment of a new managing director.
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Bibendum PLB says data insights vital to trading with multiples
Published: 11 February, 2015
Bibendum PLB says its "bird's eye view' of the UK market marks it out as a unique player in offering consumer behaviour data to customers in this increasingly tough multiple retailer environment.
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Virgin Wines sees festive sales boost of £10m
Published: 10 February, 2015
Online wine retailer Virgin Wines saw like-for-like sales jump 20% over the festive period, accounting for an extra £10 million - driven by a stellar performance from fizz.
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French bag-in-box only retailer BiBoViNo seeks UK franchisees
Published: 10 February, 2015
French bag-in-box only wine retailer BiBoViNo is actively seeking UK franchisees to expand its 10-strong estate internationally.
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Q&A: BiBoViNo's Frantz Roesch on why BIB wine is going upmarket
Published: 10 February, 2015
Frantz Roesch, founder of French bag-in-box retail concept BiBoViNo, reveals his plans for UK expansion, high profile backers and why it will focus on old world wines only.
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Tesco and rest of the supermarket industry returning to growth, says Kantar
Published: 10 February, 2015
After 13 reported months of decline Tesco has posted 0.3% growth and the supermarket industry as a whole appears to be improving with growth accelerating to 1.1%.
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Cambridge Wine's Hal Wilson urges independents to lobby their MP for duty cut
Published: 10 February, 2015
Following yesterday's call by Harpers to independent wine merchants to play their part in the industry wide campaign to convince the Chancellor to issue a duty cut on wine and spirits in his March Budget, leading independent Hal Wilson of Cambridge Wine Merchants today explains why he has personally lobbied his local MP, the Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert, and urges other merchants to do the same.
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Drinks producers and retailers 'get personal' for Valentine's Day
Published: 09 February, 2015
Wine and spirits retailers and producers are looking to cash in on love this Valentine's Day with a host of personalised and quirky products alongside the more straightforward deals.
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