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Can numbers down in 2015

POOR weather, the lack of a major televised sports event,  and imports of drinks filled overseas have been blamed by UK can makers for...

Five year PLH bans to go

MSPs give licensing go-ahead to bring back ‘fit and proper’ and act on supply to youngsters The rule that personal licence holders are banned for...
Casper MacRae and Ellie Goss have taken on new executive team roles.

Big moves for single malt

LVMH has bolstered the executive team at the top of its whisky business, with two senior promotions at The Glenmorangie Company.
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Staff need support through bills crisis

Harriet Gray, Employment Associate in the People, Reward and Mobility team at Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, discusses employee wellbeing and productivity.
Tennent Caledonian introduced Lemon T last year as a competitor to established fruit flavour lower in alcohol beers like Fosters Radler and Carling Zest. Tennents is also about to extend off-trade distribution of its alcohol-free line Tennents Hee Haw. Carlsberg UK’s San Miguel 0.0 and Morgenrot’s Krombacher Non-Alcoholic Pils now compete with established alcohol-free beers like Beck’s Blue. Kopparberg says its Alcohol-Free Pear and Alcohol-Free Mixed Fruit ciders have done so well it has added Alcohol-Free Strawberry & Lime to its range.

Game changer?

Late last year the amount of alcohol allowed by law in the bloodstream of drivers in Scotland was cut. It’s said to have hit...
Budweiser

Bud’s Brazil plan ready to roll

WORLD Cup beer sponsor Budweiser begins its 2014 World Cup marketing campaign this month. Called Rise As One the global beer brand says it’s designed...
John Pattison, Londis

Pattison to head up Londis brand

JOHN Pattison has been appointed brand director of Londis as Musgrave Retail Partners sets up individual teams to run its Londis and Budgens operations. Previously...
Tesco

Pressure piles up on Tesco

UK’s biggest grocer sees sales fall and share price slumps after profit overstatement SUPERMARKET giant Tesco’s market share fell below 29% in Kantar Worldpanel’s latest...

Ambition is in store for the Premier Symbol

Booker celebrated the opening of its 500th Premier store in Scotland in May with further ambitions to use the store to help the symbol grow further.
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Giving retailers a break

Independent retailers are being given the chance to win an all-expenses-paid weekend break worth £5,000.
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Campaign focuses on the office

A CAMPAIGN encouraging consumers to continue shopping locally has been launched in anticipation of office staff returning to their workplaces

Scotland still c-store tops

More convenience outlets per head than anywhere else in Britain ACS finds IT’S a competitive world in the convenience store business and no more so...

Focus turns to bootleg booze

Film reveals dangers of counterfeit

Royal reception for Wilkie

The royal-ish visitor joined Wilkie, his friends and family and an array of personalities from the dairy and agricultural industries
The impressive main run of chillers at the Vertex-refitted Shalamar Premier store in Paisley. As part of what was a major project, new chillers for soft drinks, dairy, chilled food and fresh produce were installed. The shop also has a five-door freezer run as well as extensive open-deck chillers in the alcohol area.

The bigger chills

Planning your refrigeration properly, having the best chillers and freezers, and maintaining your system well can slash energy costs and transform the look of...

Government begins crackdown on youth vaping

The UK Government has set out its intentions to crack down on the illegal sales of vaping devices to under 18s with a new review.