LIWF move to Monday for 2013
30 August, 2012
London International Wine Trade Fair organiser, Brintex, has announced that the 2013 show will now start on the Monday, May 20 instead of the usual Tuesday. The three-day show will therefore finish on the Wednesday, May 22.
Diageo appoints Menezes to the board
02 July, 2012
Ivan Menezes has been appointed to the Diageo board as an executive director with effect from July 2.
Beam floats in Fortune Brands break up
04 October, 2011
US Spirits company Fortune Brands today begun trading as Beam on the New York stock exchange, following the separation of its businesses.
Comment
Philip Duff
Dirty cocktail names: Is it the end?
There are lies, damn lies, statistics – and then there are statistics about cocktails. It emerged recently that a UK firm named Travel Republic surveyed punters, and apparently 29% of them disapprove of sexually suggestive cocktail names.
