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    OLN Market Report 2010


    Find out the state of play in the trade with OLN's exclusive Market Report 2010.

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    OLN Brands Report 2010


    Look at brands that top the off-trade chart in all the major categories with OLN's exclusive Brands Report.

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    OLN Beer Report 2009


    We take the temperature of the beer market with a full analysis of the biggest sellers.

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  • Kent traders step up fight against under-age sales

    Author: OLN News Team

    Published: 19th Nov 2009

    Drinks retailers in Kent are being given extra help from police and local authorities to crack down on under-age sales.

  • Diageo drops lawsuit against Sainsbury’s

    Author: OLN News Team

    Published: 1st Oct 2009

    Diageo and Sainsbury’s have reached an out-of-court settlement in their copycat row over the retailer’s own-label Pitcher's speciality spirit.

  • Scotland outlines minimum price bill

    Author: Christine Boggis

    Published: 3rd Sep 2009

    The Scottish government has outlined its legislative programme for the coming year – including an Alcohol Bill that aims to introduce minimum pricing and ban “irresponsible” promotions in the off-trade.

  • Confusion as Scots await new law

    Author: Christine Boggis

    Published: 28th Aug 2009

    Scottish retailers are facing confusion and a lack of coherence across the country as new licensing laws come into force on September 1, the WSTA has warned.

  • Record fine for under-age sales

    Author: Christine Boggis

    Published: 26th Aug 2009

    An Enfield shopkeeper has been handed a £50,000 fine for selling alcohol to under-age drinkers.

  • Diageo sues over Pimm's row

    Author: OLN News Team

    Published: 17th Aug 2009

    Pimm’s owner Diageo has taken legal proceedings against Sainsbury’s over allegations that the supermarket’s Pitcher’s own-brand mimics its best-selling speciality spirit.

  • ASA condemns delivery service ad

    Author: OLN News Team

    Published: 5th Aug 2009

    An alcohol delivery service in Southampton has been condemned by the Advertising Standards Authority for a flier which made a play on the acronym A&E.

  • Licensing applications to be simplified

    Author: OLN News Team

    Published: 8th Jul 2009

    Licensing applications will eventually be simplified and be possible to complete online, the government has pledged.

  • Jail for tobacco smuggling gang

    Author: OLN News Team

    Published: 15th Jun 2009

    Members of a Kent-based cigarette smuggling gang have been jailed for total of six-and-a-half years.

  • More duty raids at off-licences

    Author: OLN News Team

    Published: 20th May 2009

    Two off-licences in Redditch have been raided by police as part of an ongoing investigation into retailers who evaded duty on alcohol and cigarettes.