Northern Ireland's James Nicholson Wine on acquisition trail
Published: 27 January, 2015
Northern Ireland's James Nicholson Wine is on the lookout for a mainland UK acquisition.
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So what does wine trade band Skin Côntact's Anne McHale know about music?
Published: 27 January, 2015
We've heard from some of the band members from the wine industry's very own rock band, Skin Côntact, that has come together for Comic Relief, but now let's get to know the singers - and backing singer Anne McHale MW of Berry Bros & Rudd to be exact.
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Harpers Awards 2015 promises to roll out red carpet for best in UK wine and spirits
Published: 26 January, 2015
Awards season is well and truly amongst us with seemingly not a day going by without a red carpet being rolled out for the great, good and glamorous. Harpers is giving you the chance to shine in your own industry with this year's entry process for the Harpers Awards well and truly under way.
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Bag-in-box only wine retailer to ramp up international expansion
Published: 26 January, 2015
High end bag-in-box wine retailer BiBoViNo, which currently operates 10 stores, is planning to open up to 100 stores internationally.
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Cambridge Wine's Hal Wilson leads the way and gets local MP to back Drop the Duty campaign
Published: 26 January, 2015
Leading independent wine merchant, Hal Wilson of Cambridge Wine Merchants, has shown the way forward by persuading his local MP to stand up for a drop in wine and spirits duty in March's Budget by writing to Chancellor, George Osborne calling for a change.
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Top British importers and merchants unite to call for better prices from Bordeaux
Published: 23 January, 2015
Some of the biggest wine importers, distributors, brokers and retailers in the country, including Majestic, Berry Bros & Rudd and Farr Vintners, have written to Bordeaux producers to demand changes in pricing of wines being offered to the UK.
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Naked Wines toasts soaring 2014 sales
Published: 21 January, 2015
Online wine specialist Naked Wines has seen its festive wine sales soar 40% on 2013, and says it sold 13 million bottles altogether in 2014.
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UK's wine recession to end in 2015, says Vinexpo
Published: 20 January, 2015
UK wine consumption has fallen 10.5% per capita since the recession hit in 2008, but Vinexpo says the worst is over and wind drinking will start to edge up over the next five years.
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Groceries Code Adjudicator hamstrung in efforts to fine supermarkets
Published: 20 January, 2015
The Groceries Code Adjudicator has admitted she is hamstrung in her efforts to reprimand retailers as the government has not yet finalised her powers to hand out fines.
Read more...Top-up shop and vloggers tipped as major trends for 2015, says Euromonitor
Published: 20 January, 2015
Euromonitor forecasts the rise of convenience shopping and the growing power of vloggers or "native influencers" as two consumer trends expected to grow in 2015 that could impact the drinks trade.
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Restaurant and retail property prices up 11% in 2014
Published: 19 January, 2015
The restaurant and retail property markets saw average prices move up more than 11% in the last year, according to a report from Christie + Co.
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Premium wine growth hampered by big grocers, warns Rabobank
Published: 19 January, 2015
The growth of premium wines is being restricted by major grocers and tough economic conditions, despite more adventurous consumers seeking them out.
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Copestick Murray to distribute advertising mogul Sir John Hegarty's wines
Published: 19 January, 2015
Copestick Murray was inspired by Bartle Bogle Hegarty co-founder Sir John Hegarty's 'no holds barred' keynote speech at the WSTA conference last year to sign a distribution deal for his wines in the UK and Ireland.
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Conviviality Retail half-year profits surge 46%
Published: 19 January, 2015
Conviviality Retail, owners of Bargain Booze and Wine Rack, has seen half-year profits jump 46.7% on the back of underperforming store closures and strong Christmas trading.
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WSTA's Miles Beale urges all in UK drinks industry to help secure 2% cut in alcohol duty
Published: 16 January, 2015
Miles Beale, chief executive of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association, spells out today on Harpers.co.uk why it is so important everyone in the UK drinks industry plays their part in trying to secure a 2% drop in alcohol duty in the Budget in March.
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Wine drinkers pay over the odds as inflation rockets 3.4% in December
Published: 15 January, 2015
Inflation may have fallen to 0.5% in December, but wine drinkers haven't felt the benefit of the drop in the cost of living as inflation on wine rose 3.4% in the same period.
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Tesco turns to advertising and management gurus to help rebuild brand's reputation
Published: 15 January, 2015
Tesco is bringing in organisation transformation firm Blue Rubicon and the advertising agency that Sir John Hegarty helped found, Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), to work with the company's leadership team in an effort to help turn the struggling retailer around.
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Pub and restaurant groups grow Christmas trading 2.8%
Published: 15 January, 2015
Pub and restaurant groups across the country enjoyed a festive trading boost of 2.8% on the same period last year, with those inside London putting in a stronger performance.
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Waitrose bucks grocery trend for store closures with 14 new openings for 2015
Published: 14 January, 2015
Waitrose is bucking the trend of store closures and job losses in the grocery sector by opening 14 new outlets in 2015, with more in the pipeline for 2016.
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Big four grocers face 'unprecedented' competition, says Kantar
Published: 13 January, 2015
Christmas sales figures are neck-in-neck across the grocery market, according to Kantar's latest data, which shows the retailers are the closest they have ever been since the market research firm began keeping records 20 years ago.
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