Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes has been appointed Knight Bachelor in this year’s New Year Honours list. The appointment, which allows Menezes to use the title…
Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes has been appointed Knight Bachelor in this year’s New Year Honours list. The appointment, which allows Menezes to use the title…
Camden Town Brewery has rebranded its classic Camden Hells lager to Camden Heroes, with all proceeds of every can sold to be donated to NHS charities. In addition, all NHS workers will be able to claim a free six-pack of the beer by signing up to the Camden Web Shop, using their NHS email address and entering ‘Heroesforheroes’ at the checkout. The brewer is also…
Thornbridge Brewery is launching a beer in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with all profits raised to be donated to NHS Charities Together. Florence, named after Florence Nightingale, also marks 2020 as The Year of the Nurse and Midwife as well as the celebration of what would have been Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday. Simon Webster, co-Founder and owner of Thornbridge Brewery said: “Those working for…
A convenience store retailer has brought forward plans to open a new store in order to provide more support to the local community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Doncaster retailer Kopi Kalanthan opened his new 2,600 sq ft Costcutter convenience store on Tadcaster Road on April 9. Kalanthan also owns a Costcutter store at Station Road Retail Park in Kirk Sandal. The new store offers a…
Majestic Wine said it is “optimistic that supplies will not run out of our favourite bottles in the weeks to come”, despite recording a huge surge in demand for wine over the weekend. The wine retailer said customers have been filling their racks with wine from across Europe, ahead of any potential disruption to supply lines caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Others in the industry…
The neo-temperance lobby has had plenty of joy in securing column inches after firing out a bizarre press release accusing the alcohol industry of promoting harmful drinking. Anti-alcohol lobbyists at the Institute of Alcohol Studies teamed up with the University of Sheffield’s Alcohol Research Group to create an alarming study. This is the same Alcohol Research Group that was caught out for massaging evidence…
Multi-agency partnership schemes that are designed to reduce crime and vulnerability at night were celebrated at a Parliamentary reception today hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) and the Portman Group. At the event a gathering of businesses, MPs, NHS and Police staff saw how partnership-led safe spaces could provide a haven for vulnerable people and could provide treatment for minor injuries. These spaces…
Underage drinking has fallen to record lows, according to new findings from NHS Digital. Data from the group shows that the proportion of 8-15 year olds reporting ever having had an alcoholic drink has fallen 67% since 2003, and data to 2016 shows this is now at a record low. In 2003, 45% of 8-15 year olds reported that they had tried an alcoholic drink,…
