If anyone was unconvinced that alcohol has become the ‘new tobacco’, the latest demands of Professor Gilmore and the Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) should dispel any remaining doubt.
Dr Von Hyde’s Herbal Liqueur has breached the Portman Group’s alcohol responsibility rules by making medical claims in the product’s promotional material.
A Kent brewery has stopped using an image on one of its pump clips which featured East End gangsters, the Kray Twins, after the Portman Group ruled it breached alcohol responsibility rules.
Nobody can accuse Portman Group’s chief executive Henry Ashworth of not having enough experience of the harm that alcohol misuse can cause. As Adam Pescod discovers, he is the ideal man to encourage responsible drinking.
The Portman Group has appointed two new members to the Independent Complaints Panel – the body which considers complaints about irresponsible alcohol marketing made under the Portman Group’s Code of Practice.
The Portman Group is calling for people to submit their final responses about changes to the Code of Practice for responsible alcohol marketing, with the consultation deadline closing on 31 January 2012.
Two alcoholic drinks produced in the US, Suck & Blow alcoholic jelly tubes and Crunk Juce, have been found to be in breach of alcohol responsibility guidelines.
Stiffy’s Jaffa Cake and Kola Kubez vodka liqueur has had to change its name to Stivy’s after the Portman Group deemed it an inappropriate name linking to sexual success.
The Portman Group received just five complaints about the marketing of alcoholic products last year — the fewest since its code of practice was introduced in 1996.
A Corona Extra beer promotion to win a trip to Ibiza did not encourage excessive consumption according to the latest ruling by the Portman Group’s Independent Complaints Panel.
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has praised the industry’s work and progress in pledging to tackle alcohol abuse, and vowed to continue working with the trade.
The Portman Group, the drinks industry watchdog, is offering the opportunity for people to apply to join its Independent Complaints Panel (IPC). The...
Controversial Scottish microbrewer BrewDog has revealed it has lodged a complaint with drinks watchdog the Portman Group about one of its own beers -...
BrewDog, the high profile Scottish brewer, is facing another investigation by the Portman Group's complaints panel over its 18.2 per cent beer Tokyo....
Remember that chant in Animal Farm — "four legs good, two legs bad"? Well, it's becoming that heated and polarised in the pub trade these days, says Andrew Pring.
A brewer has hit back at the Portman Group after the watchdog ruled one of its drinks be removed from shelves for glamorising drugs. The Independent...
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