Ale and Beer

Molson Coors launches New Carling Fruit Cooler brand – but for off-trade only

Molson Coors has launched a new fruit-flavoured beer under its Carling brand but has confirmed it has no plans to launch it into the on-trade.

Source:Molson Coors launches New Carling Fruit Cooler brand – but for off-trade only

Hall & Woodhouse tenant retention rate hits 98%

Hall & Woodhouse has announced a 98% retention rate for its business partners that succeed past year one.

Source:Hall & Woodhouse tenant retention rate hits 98%

Bass Pale Ale to change name to reflect brand's heritage

Bass Pale Ale is to change its name to Bass Trademark Number One as brewer AB InBev looks to cash in on the brand’s history as the first ever registered trade mark in the UK.

Source:Bass Pale Ale to change name to reflect brand's heritage

Big brewers invest in new campaign to revive UK beer category

The five biggest global brewers are ploughing cash into a joint campaign to arrest the decline of the beer category in the UK.

Source:Big brewers invest in new campaign to revive UK beer category

Diageo restyles Jeremiah Weed as a cider

Diageo has entered the cider category by rebranding its Jeremiah Weed brand as a “Kentucky Style Cider Brew.”

Source:Diageo restyles Jeremiah Weed as a cider

Enterprise tenant brands company 'inflexible' after pub closure

An Enterprise tenant has displayed a six metre open letter outside his pub bemoaning the inflexibility of the company after debt forces business to close.

Source:Enterprise tenant brands company 'inflexible' after pub closure

Former community pubs minister Bob Neill secures agreement from Lidl over Porcupine pub

Former pubs minister Bob Neill MP has secured an agreement from supermarket Lidl to withdraw the threat of immediate demolition of the Porcupine pub in Mottingham.

Source:Former community pubs minister Bob Neill secures agreement from Lidl over Porcupine pub

Tenanted Pub Summit: Ted Tuppen unveils compensation paid to PICA-Service licensees

Enterprise chief executive Ted Tuppen has revealed that the company paid compensation of between £5,000 to £6,000 on average in the two cases lost through the Pubs Independent Conciliation & Arbitration Service (PICA-Service).

Source:Tenanted Pub Summit: Ted Tuppen unveils compensation paid to PICA-Service licensees

McMullen's hits out at tax burden despite like-for-like sales rise

Hertfordshire brewer and operator McMullen’s has reported a 2.9% increase in like-for-like sales for the year to 29 September 2012, but said it was “barely enough to cover the increase in like-for-like costs in running pubs”.

Source:McMullen's hits out at tax burden despite like-for-like sales rise

Fears around cash flow and late payment has risen, says new study

Fears around cash flow and late payment among small and medium business (SME) is on the rise, according to a study conducted by the Forum of Private Business.

Source:Fears around cash flow and late payment has risen, says new study