Ale and Beer

Diageo defends high-cost Facebook tie-in

Diageo has been forced to defend its recent multi-million dollar tie-in with Facebook against claims that it could send out the wrong message to younger users of the social-networking site.

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Multi-sites prove pubs are alive and kicking

This magazine has been charting the rise of the multi-site operators for a while now, through our MA250 programme, adding around 50 companies a year to the membership.

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'Two-thirds pints are being shunned'

Pubs and pub goers have shunned the two-third pint glasses, says research from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

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Restaurant Group refinances on sales uplift

The Restaurant Group (TRG), owner of the Brunning & Price pub chain, Frankie and Benny’s and Chiquito brands, has completed a refinancing exercise that has given the business a new five-year, £140m bank facility.

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Pub aid call to parish councils

Local government minister Grant Shapps has urged parish councils to talk to communities about local pubs that may be under threat and how they can be saved.

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Sheffield’s art-inspired bar

Thornbridge, the Derbyshire-based brewer and pub operator, has opened its first city-centre bar, named Dada, in Sheffield.

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Responsibility deal condemned

The Government’s responsibility deal will fail because it creates a fundamental conflict of interest within the drinks industry, according to public health campaigners and an influential committee of MPs.

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