Miller Brands has launched a 75cl version of its Belgian craft beer St Stefanus.

One tenth of all beer sales in the UK are illicit, according to HM Revenue & Customs.

AB Inbev has launched an outdoor ad campaign for Stella Artois that aims to highlight the brand’s brewing heritage.

Bottled beers are driving growth in the ale market but retailers are missing £20 million in sales due to out-of-stocks, according to new figures. 

Molson Coors is increasing its focus on multiple grocers and convenience stores by hiring more field staff through marketing agency REL Field Marketing.

Greene King is offering rugby fans the chance to win a training session with the England team in an on-pack promotion on bottles of its IPA.

East London brewer Truman’s is asking London ale drinkers to help it find a new brewery site.

Tesco is hoping to steal a march on rivals by becoming the first retailer to list a new range of lower-strength beers.

Sainsbury’s is running an in-store campaign to raise awareness of alcohol units, promote lighter-style wines and encourage consumers to manage their drinking responsibly.

Czech brewery Budweiser Budvar has reported record exports in 2011.

Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer is setting up a ski lodge at the Outdoors Show at London’s Excel exhibition centre from January 12-15.

New figures have painted a gloomy picture of the UK beer market.

John Smith’s Extra Smooth has been given a new design for its multipacks, featuring a photograph of a pint of ale.

Tetley’s will appear on TV for 47 hours a week as part of a deal with ITV4.

Molson Coors has written to 60 MPs across the UK to challenge the duty escalator on beer by highlighting the relationship between barley farming and brewing.

Diageo has launched a £2 million Christmas ad campaign for Guinness.

Molson Coors sales director John Heynen is to leave the brewer at the end of this year, as part of an organisational restructure.

Greene King has delivered a selection of East Anglian beers to Brussels for a meeting in which MEPs will discuss policy and issues.

London Pride brewer Fuller’s has announced half-year growth of 6% after registering a turnover of £128m.

Budweiser Budvar has invested £13 million in its Czech brewery to significantly increase production and packaging as it looks to widen the number of lines it offers.

Butcombe Brewery has teamed up with TV presenter Adam Henson to create a golden ale called Adam Henson’s Rare Breed.

Two breweries are celebrating after winning awards for their label designs sponsored by Off Licence News.

Grolsch lager is in line for a repositioning exercise in 2012 to take it away from the mainstream premium lager category and into the world beers sector.

Alcoholic ginger beer Stone’s Ginger Joe is to make its TV debut this month.

Fuller’s has launched a seasonal stout on draught, and plans to bottle it next year.

Carlsberg UK chief executive Isaac Sheps is leaving to take over leadership of the brewer’s Russian business, Baltika, and its eastern European operations.

Off-trade beer sales grew 9.1% in the last quarter, according to the latest report by the BBPA.

Heineken has extended its sponsorship of the Rugby World Cup to remain its official beer supplier and worldwide partner for the 2015 tournament in England.

September’s record-breaking temperatures have given the drinks sector a huge boost, pepping up a tough summer for sales.

Brains Dark is running an off-trade Halloween promotion, after a similar push last year brought a 30% sales uplift.

Budweiser has revamped its cans, with a red “bow tie” sitting behind the Budweiser logo on the new-look version.

Wells & Young’s has bought Scottish beer brands McEwan’s and Younger’s from Heineken UK.

AB Inbev is to hike its price by 7.8% on top of duty next year.

Waitrose is showcasing British beers with a four-for-three promotion.

Innis & Gunn is releasing a limited edition Highland Cask oak-matured ale.

Specialist beer importer James Clay has launched a stinging attack on the new higher rate of duty for beers with a strength of more than 7.5% abv.

Just under 100 breweries have opened in the UK in the past 12 months, bringing the total to 840.

Heineken UK is on a mission to help convenience retailers maximise profits from their drinks fixtures.

Carling Chrome has made its off-trade debut, answering what Molson Coors says is a demand for a light-tasting premium lager.

Peroni and Pilsner Urquell brewer SABMiller has launched a hostile bid for Australian beer giant Foster’s.

St Austell Brewery’s Proper Job IPA has been named bottled beer of Britain at the Great British Beer festival.

Molson Coors says its UK earnings have increased, despite a “temporary reduction” in marketing spend.

Pedigree and Hobgoblin brewer Marston’s says it is outperforming the declining beer category with an increase in production of its own-brewed beers.

A Yorkshire brewery has been told to stop using the white rose emblem on its bottles following a drawn-out legal dispute with Samuel Smith.

Peroni and Grolsch brewer SABMiller has made a £6.2 billion offer for the Foster’s beer business.

AB Inbev UK has announced its president Stuart MacFarlane will be leaving to lead the brewer's Central and Eastern European Business next year.

Greene King’s Brewing and Brands division saw operating profits rise by 4.1% in its most recent financial year, despite a 2% fall in brewing output.

The government admits it has made “no formal assessment” of how a duty stamp system for beer might counteract fraud in the category.

Budweiser has been confirmed as the sponsor of football’s FA Cup after months of speculation.

Speciality beer importer James Clay is to add a line-up of bottle-conditioned beers from Norway to its range.

Kent brewer Shepherd Neame has issued a moderately upbeat assessment of its current trading.

Fuller’s is aiming to attract lager drinkers with a poster campaign for its Organic Honey Dew bottled ale.

London Pride brewer Fuller's says increased emphasis on exports and the off-trade contributed to a 1% fall in operating profits in its beer division in the year to April 2.

Foster’s is following up its exclusive Alan Partridge internet shows with a new series starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.

Oak-aged beer brand Innis & Gunn is branching out with the launch of two fruit beers.

Tesco stores in Scotland have been selling three cases of beer for as little as £10 following an EPoS error which has led to customer stampedes at some stores.

Budvar UK has produced its first promotional case for independents in a bid to give them a chance against the buying power of the multiple retailers.

Madness are the latest heritage pop and rock act to be signed up to do a Kronenbourg 1664 ad.

Kronenbourg 1664 has signed a deal with Absolute Radio which will see the brand sponsoring comedian Dave Gorman’s Sunday morning show from June 5.

Red Stripe will continue to be brewed in Bedford despite UK marketing and distribution switching to Diageo.

Peroni and Pilsner Urquell brewer SABMiller is investing £3 million in a new research facility which could eventually find ways of extending the shelf life of packaged beer.

Heineken has unveiled an outdoor media campaign in London to support the brand’s long-running sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League.

Wells & Young’s has launched a £4 million marketing campaign for its Bombardier ale, starring comedian Rik Mayall.

Brewdog has admitted it is struggling to maintain customer service levels following a surge in orders.

Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has appointed two new business development managers.

Adnams has relaunched its Southwold Bitter bottled ale with a new pack design.

Stella Artois and Budweiser producer AB Inbev has reported a small decline in its UK beer volumes, although the world’s biggest brewer managed to more than double its first-quarter profit on a global scale.

Molson Coors has reported a 10% increase in net sales in its UK and Ireland business in the first quarter of 2011.

Heineken has been named as launch sponsor for the new Channel 4 - 30 day 4oD Catch-up app on the iPad.

Marks & Spencer has added a new seasonal beer to its bottled ale range.

London brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner has created a special golden ale to help Ascot Racecourse celebrate its 300^th birthday.

Heineken has unveiled a new computer application tying in with its sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League.

Sainsbury’s is inviting its customers to help judge its latest beer competition.

SAB Miller has recorded a 3% fall in lager volumes in Europe in the year to the end of March.

Sharp’s Brewery has reported a 45% increase for its flagship Doom Bar ale.

Alsace-brewed Meteor beer has been repackaged for the UK and is planning a sales drive in the off-trade.

Speciality beer importer Morgenrot has won UK exclusivity for the distribution of the Spanish beer brand Cruzcampo.

Heineken is offering consumers the chance to win tickets to the UEFA Champions League final in an on-pack promotion.

Carlsberg is launching a new global TV campaign to correct what it sees as a gulf between brand recognition and sales.

A new global TV ad for Heineken is getting its first UK airing from today.

A leading homelessness charity has described the tax hike in superstrength lagers as a “wake-up call” for the industry, describing the products as more deadly than crack cocaine.

Goose Island, the Chicago brewer which enjoys a cult following in the UK, has been bought by AB Inbev.

Beer-Ritz and Beer Paradise, which stopped trading earlier this month due for legal reasons, are back in business following a management buyout.

Shepherd Neame has reported an increase in beer volumes, despite poor weather conditions and challenging economic conditions.

The Campaign for Real Ale is celebrating its 40th birthday today.

Brewdog has declared a “crap beer amnesty” as it launches its flagship Punk IPA brand in cans for the first time.

Jygsaw Brands is backing Newcastle Brown with a national press campaign.

Fuller’s Beer Company managing director John Roberts is to leave the business next Monday (March 7).

A Tory MP has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament urging the Chancellor to scrap plans for an increase in beer duty.

McEwan’s Export is offering consumers the chance to be a Scottish Laird for a day in an on-pack promotion.

Scrapping the proposed duty increase on beer would save more than 10,000 jobs in the coming year, it has been claimed.

Carlsberg said it managed to increase its market share in the UK in 2010 despite "challenging" trading conditions in northern and western Europe.

Carlsberg is offering cash prizes for the best merchandised independent stores as part of a marketing drive around what it calls “the big five” national events of the spring.

Wells & Young’s has issued a product recall on 12 bottled beers.

Heineken has reported strong profit growth for its UK operations, despite a continuing downturn in the beer market.

Foster’s has confirmed it is to separate its wine and beer divisions.

Hall & Woodhouse is to redesign its bottled Badger ale brands.