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WaverleyTBS, the drinks distributor, which was placed into administration earlier this week, has ceased trading with immediate effect after administrator Deloitte failed to find a buyer for the business.
This column is about supermarket beer prices and how they undermine the pub. Don’t yawn, say “I’ve heard that all before” and turn the page, because this is new information and it’s devastating stuff.
Wellington Pub Company, the c800-strong free-of-tie leased pub operator, has blamed the state of the economy for causing a dip in profits and turnover in the year to 31 March.
Those who know me are aware that I am a very involved council member at the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) — the industry’s foremost representative organisation for licensed operators.
Admiral Taverns, one of the UK’s largest leased and tenanted pub operators, is understood to have appointed advisers to review its strategic options, which could include a refinancing of its debt or an outright sale of the c1,150-strong, Lloyds-backed...
Brewer AB InBev is ploughing money into a responsible drinking campaign for its Stella Artois brand.
Stella Artois and Budweiser brewer AB InBev UK saw its turnover reduce by £196.7m in 2011 following the closure of its independent freetrade business and the stopping of distribution of third-party products.