Industry Cocktail Recipes
2026
Scarfes Bar and Panda & Sons fall out of the world's top 50 bars ahead of Wednesday's Milan ceremony
Two of the five British bars in last year's World's 50 Best Bars, London's Scarfes Bar and Edinburgh's Panda & Sons, have been placed in the 51 to 100 list for 2026, ahead of the top 50 announc...
2026
Spirits volumes down 15.3% since 2023 as trade body asks Chancellor to cut duty at October Budget
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has written to Chancellor John Healey ahead of the Autumn Budget on 28 October, arguing that three years of rising alcohol duty have cut spirits volumes by 15....
2026
Britain lost 1,839 licensed venues in three months and opened 1,794, hospitality data shows
The Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners records 1,839 licensed venue closures and 1,794 openings between March and June 2026, leaving the total at 98,564. Roughly one Britis...
2026
No London Cocktail Week this October for the first time since 2010 as the festival shifts to March 2027
For the first time since it launched in 2010, October will pass without a London Cocktail Week. New owners Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhán Payne have moved the 17th edition to the week commencing 15...
2026
UK alcohol duty receipts fall to £12.4bn as spirits drop for the first time since the 2023 reform
HMRC's Alcohol Bulletin shows the Treasury collected £12,435 million in alcohol duty in the 2025 to 2026 financial year, £180 million less than the year before, with spirits receipts falling for th...
2026
Au Vodka Nears £500m Sazerac Sale as Ready-to-Drink Consolidation Reaches Britain
Au Vodka is in advanced talks over a sale to American drinks group Sazerac worth as much as £500m, according to Sky News. It would be Sazerac's second ready-to-drink acquisition in two years after ...