Risk Capital Partners (RCP) has marked the completion of its purchase of the award-winning Curious Brewery by appointing a new management team to lead the…
Risk Capital Partners (RCP) has marked the completion of its purchase of the award-winning Curious Brewery by appointing a new management team to lead the…
Czech brewery Budweiser Budvar has seen sales grow 20% in the UK off-trade as the brewery celebrates a record year of production and exports. Overall Budvar grew its sales by 6%, while exports soared 12% driven both by new markets and growth in existing ones such as Germany and the UK. Here Budvar’s sales increased 20% in the 12 weeks to November 8, according to…
Chancellor George Osborne hailed the impact the drinks industry is having on the UK’s economic recovery after meeting with WSTA chief executive Miles Beale. Osborne was presented with a framed message of gratitude for finally scrapping the duty escalator in the last Budget. Osborne and Beale – number two and three in OLN’s list of the Most Influential People in Wine…
The Wine and Spirits Trade Association has launched a campaign called “Be fair George” that aims to see the duty escalator on wine and spirits axed within a year. Chief executive Miles Beale told the WSTA conference he was surprised when Chancellor George Osborne scrapped the duty escalator on beer but not on wine and spirits in the Budget earlier this year. But he said…
