Your personal Drinks Industry Ireland digest
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Your personal Drinks Industry Ireland digest

€5.6m pre-tax profits at Temple Bar pub

On-trade | Pre-tax profits up 72% on previous year

Best customer service Regional winners announced

On-trade | LVA & VI announce seven Regional Winners in the Outstanding Customer Service category

Rye River Brewing Company – world’s most decorated independent craft brewery

Marketing | Celbridge-based brewery drives international reputation of Irish craft beer

Health Minister seeks EC approval to regulate alcohol promotions

Off-trade | Loyalty card points etc on alcohol purchasing to be banned under new regulations

UK to reintroduce duty-free in no deal Brexit

Off-trade | British tourists leaving or re-entering UK would not have to pay excise duties on limited alcohol amounts

Heineken launches Rugby World Cup

Heineken Ireland has launched a Through-The-Line campaign to amplify its Worldwide Partnership with the biggest rugby tournament in the world - The Rugby World Cup Japan 2019.

Annaabel Smith - ignoring the snobs

Beer Sommelier, writer, presenter and former publican Annabel Smith has worked in the UK beer and pub industry for almost 30 years. She was the first female beer inspector for the Cask Marque Trust and was one of the authors of ‘The Beer Agender’ report about womens’ attitudes to beer which we covered in the last issue. Here Pat Nolan asks her a bit more about women and beer.

Licensed Wisdom XXXV

- a collection of notable quotes

Down with energy costs!

What with coolers, freezers, cookers, lights and heating etc energy forms a significant component of pub costs and one that could, perhaps, be more streamlined if used efficiently. Some energy companies now offer special schemes for sectors of trade such as the pub and catering trade. We look at how pubs, hotels, nightclubs and other outlets can save on energy costs.
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