Scottish & Newcastle to become Heineken UK

Scottish & Newcastle UK (S&NUK) will change its name to Heineken UK from 23 November.

S&NUK became part of Heineken in April following the joint takeover by Carlsberg and Heineken.

Stefan Orlowski, S&N UK's managing director said: "Over the past 18 months we've been working together to integrate S&N UK into the wider Heineken business.

"What was clear from the beginning is that the two businesses shared very similar values and beliefs and of course both have strong family origins and rich histories.

"Now that we have successfully completed our integration, we would like our name to reflect our vision of working together and to embrace our position within the wider Heineken Group.

"We are now in the process of communicating the name change to our customers and it is very much business as usual as we undertake this transition over the next few months."

The Scottish & Newcastle name will continue to be used for its pub management business, which will now become the Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company.