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Ed Gerard leaves top BWS role at Harrods for No & Low Alcohol venture

Ed Gerard has left his role as head of wines, spirits, cigars and pharmacy at Harrods, to move into the Low and No-Alcohol sector. Gerard,…

UK government to temporarily suspend costly wine import form requirement

The UK government has decided to put a nine-month hiatus on the dreaded VI-1 forms after Britain leaves the EU. The Wine & Spirit Trade…

Wine merchant BI reports soaring sales but warns it may quit UK over Brexit

London fine wine merchant BI reported 6.1% revenue growth in the first half of 2018 thanks to increased demand for US wines, Burgundy and Champagne.

  • Paul Bastard leaves Co-op

     August 15, 2012

    The Co-operative is on the hunt for a new wine development manager after news Paul Bastard is stepping down after 17 years. Bastard will depart this month, leaving the department he headed since joining the group’s Manchester head office from the North Eastern Co-operative Society in 1989, where he was the BWS buyer. During his time career Bastard has won accolades, including a Lifetime achievement Award at OLN’s Drinks Retailing…