Non-alcoholic beer maker Big Drop signs licensing deal with In Good Company May 25, 2023 Leading non-alcoholic beer maker Big Drop has secured a licensing agreement with Bermondsey-based brewer In Good Company in a bid to expand its business across the UK, US, and Australia.
You can eat in the House of Lords Peers’ Dining Room this week – here’s how April 4, 2023 Anyone can get a seat in the House of Lords. You don’t need to be a party donor, government benefactor, baron, baroness or a bishop. The Palace of Westminster’s second chamber’s Peers’ Dining Room will be open to commoners and the electorate for lunch (12pm-4pm) on 4 and 5 April, and for lunch and dinner (5.30pm-8pm) [...]
How a BBC Radio 1 DJ helped alcohol-free brand Lucky Saint open its first London pub January 30, 2023 Alcohol-free beer brand Lucky Saint is to open its first pub after securing £10m to supercharge its ambitious growth plans. The pub, which will also operate as the group’s headquarters, is due to open in Marylebone in March 2023. Luke Boase, founder of the business, said that for now the opening will be “the only [...]
Sober IS fun: alcohol free events in London this Dry January, from comedy nights to booze-free bars January 11, 2023 Whether you’re swerving the sauce completely or scaling back the drinking and going for a Damp January like this lot, here are the low and no alcohol events this month that don’t skimp on fun. Party, laugh out loud and experiment with new flavours with these alcohol free events for Dry January. A new bar [...]
Dry January: Pub bosses call on Brits to do their duty and get down the local – even if it’s for non-alcoholic beers January 3, 2023 Publicans have issued a rallying cry for punters to continue to back their local boozer this month as the industry battles an economic downturn – despite the growing trend for a ‘dry January‘ month off the sauce. The sector has struggled with sky-high energy bills all while consumers’ feel the pinch of household bills increasing [...]
Dubai ends 30 per cent tax on alcohol sales January 1, 2023 Dubai has ended its 30 per cent tax on alcohol sales in the sheikhdom and made its required liquor licences free to obtain, ending a long-standing source of revenue for its ruling family to apparently further boost its tourism to the emirate. The sudden New Year’s Day announcement, made by Dubai’s two state-linked alcohol retailers, [...]
Drinking Formula 1 fizz in Trento, Italy November 29, 2022 The curtain has fallen on the 2022 F1 season, and on the podium at the Abu Dhabi finale world champion Max Verstappen toasted runners-up Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez with non-alcoholic rose water. Where’s the party in that, you ask? Due to the same alcohol laws that are stifling celebrations for us boozy Brits at [...]
UK must change thinking around non-drinkers as 1 in 3 pub visits alcohol-free July 11, 2022 One in three pub visits are stone cold sober as Brits shun beer for alcohol-free and low-alcohol tipples. More than a third (37 per cent) of restaurant visits are also alcohol-free, according to a freshly published report from KAM and alcohol-free beer brand Lucky Saint. Just over half of UK drinkers drink fewer than ten [...]
Ed Warner: ECB may buck financial trends but must turn playing claims into reality May 26, 2022 Fourteen million people participate in cricket in England and Wales. Yep, you read that right! How do we know that a quarter of the population play, attend or follow the sport? Because the ECB told us so last week in its annual report. Looks like the governing body has adopted a Westminster approach to big [...]
Heineken meets Coronation Street: ITV vows to normalise alcohol-free beer with new ad deal April 26, 2022 ITV and HEINEKEN have announced a ‘first of its kind’ partnership that will see a real-world beer go on tap at two of TV’s most famous pubs.