Chancellor Fails At The First Hurdle To Listen To Business Says WSTA
The new Government’s recent decision to raise alcohol duty by RPI has been described as “counterproductive” and “a real kick in the teeth” by the…
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WSTA Warns Businesses To Fill Out Package Recycling Forms Before End Of May Deadline
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association is calling on businesses who have not collected and submitted packaging data, from the first half of 2023, to act…
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Over Two Thirds Of UK Beer And Wine Servings Are Short Measures
New research published today by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has found that over two thirds (70%) of beer and wine, checked by Trading…
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Majestic Wine Rescues Wine Bar Chain Out Of Administration
Majestic Wine has bought Vagabond out of administration for an undisclosed sum, saving nine of its 11 wine bars from closure. Business advisory firm Quantuma…
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Big On Premise Occasions Keep Drinks Sales In Growth
Mother’s Day, big sporting events and the run-up to St Patrick’s Day all helped the On Premise sustain drinks sales growth last week. Mother’s Day,…
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Brighton and Hove Restaurant Awarded National Prize for Wine List
Eetch-by-steven-edwards in Hove has been recognised as holding the Best Medium-Sized Wine List in the UK. The venue was awarded a Gold Star when Star…
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WSTA Calls on Chancellor to Cut Alcohol Duty In A Submission to the Treasury
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association is calling on the Chancellor to cut wine and spirit duty to combat both falling sales volumes and reduced…
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Pints’ Of Wine Stocked On Britain’s Shelves For The First Time Ever
The government is to allow the sale of ‘pint’ sized still and sparkling wine across supermarkets, pubs, clubs and restaurants, the Department for Business and…
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Lanchester Wines Put Focus on Sustainability
Tom van der Neut is business unit controller at Lanchester Wines. While carbon offsetting is relatively mainstream, more and more businesses are looking at how…
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Looking Forward to 2024 with Lanchester Wines
Lesley Cook is Lanchester Wines’ director of purchasing. We caught up with Lesley to look at what will affect the wine trade in 2024. One…
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BRCGS Accreditation for Lanchester Wines
Lanchester Wines has become only the third UK wine business to achieve BRC accreditation for Storage and Distribution. The County Durham based business, which operates…
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W&STA Calls On Government To Scrap Alcohol Tax Hikes And Help Bring Down Inflation
Wine and spirit businesses are calling on Government to scrap duty hikes and avoid prohibitive price rises, which will further fuel inflation. With the Government’s…
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Visit Essex Puts Essex on Gastro Map with Launch of New Food and Drink Campaign
The county’s tourism body, Visit Essex, is launching a campaign to firmly place Essex on the gastro map. Highlighting the county’s boom in Essex wine…
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Customers are Crying Out for Support when Buying Wine
New research out this week shows that 1-in-3 customers don’t feel confident ordering wine in pubs, bars and restaurants, with 1-in-9 admitting that they often…
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Chancellor Set to Reform Alcohol Tax
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to overhaul the UK’s punitive alcohol tax regime to give English wine producers an advantage over imported wines
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