Workers at Diageo’s Cameronbridge distillery are set to strike after a dispute over the drinks giant’s plans to slash jobs across its operations.
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Unite the Union has confirmed that from tomorrow (26 August) until 9 September a strike action ballot will be open, allowing about 100 members at Diageo’s Cameronbridge distillery to vote on whether to take action.
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Over the past financial year, Guinness-producer Diageo has cut almost 2,000 people from its workforce as its new CEO – Sir David Lewis – implements his restructuring plan.
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Diageo has released its Q3 (ending 31 March 2026) trading statement, detailing a +0.3% organic growth in net sales and +0.4% organic growth in volume year-on-year. This coincides with Diageo’s new CEO Sir Dave Lewis’ first full quarter in the role, having taken the helm on 1 January 2026.
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If you’re becoming tired of negative headlines around the drinks sector, look away now. The latest financial results from Diageo, Pernod Ricard and Treasury Wine Estates offer a sobering snapshot of the global market. Citing macroeconomic uncertainty – alongside the impact of tariffs – in the US and China, Pernod Ricard reported a 5.9% decline in organic sales to €5.25bn in the first half of its financial year. Likewise, recent results from Diageo and interim figures from TWE suggest that a convergence of forces – structural, geopolitical and operational – are placing significant strain on the premiumisation model that delivered record growth at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Diageo has unveiled its results for the first half of the financial year up to 31 December 2025, with the company reporting declining sales. Organic net sales were down 2.8% while it has set a new minimum floor for its dividend of 50 cent per year, which compares to the 103.48 US cents per share it paid out for FY25.
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Diageo GB has significantly expanded its field sales team with the recruitment of over 100 new roles.
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Leading global alcoholic beverage company Diageo will open its new microbrewery, Guinness Open Gate Brewery London, in The Yards in Covent Garden tomorrow (11 December).
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The Maclean brothers – the recording-setting Pacific Ocean rowers – have unveiled a unique charity bottling to fundraise for clean water projects.
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Drinks giant Diageo has unveiled its new chief executive with Sir Dave Lewis taking the helm at the company. The new hire will commence his role from 1 January 2026.
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Diageo has launched an educational campaign – Fancy That! – which is aimed at helping consumers better understand alcohol units. The campaign will also highlight the role spirits can play for people who plan to moderate.
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Norway’s Felice Capasso has won the title of World Class Global Bartender of the Year 2025 at the Toronto-hosted annual ceremony.
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Just a month after going live, a free online hospitality networking platform by a duo of industry veterans has attracted members from more than 100 cities in 40 countries.
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Establishing a lay of the land for our new tariff world order is an unenviable task. For much of the planet the final tariff landscape is yet to take a solid form. For UK wine and spirits producers, however, there appears for now to be a clearer picture of how their drinks will be levied entering the United States.
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Majestic Wine Group has announced that CEO of Entoria&Coe Julian Momen is set retire and step down from the position at the end of September. Momen will remain in an advisory role until early 2026.
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Diageo has formed a multi-year collaboration with entertainment company Live Nation UK to be the official spirits partner at 16 major music events, including Wireless, Reading and Leeds, and Parklife.
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A new report from the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) has laid out how signatories to its Global Standards Coalition including the likes of TikTok and Google are promoting responsible drinking.
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Drinks giant Diageo Great Britain has announced the appointment of Ursula Mejía Melgar as its new marketing and innovation director. The role will see the new director responsible for shaping leading brands including Guiness, Smirnoff and Gordon’s in the UK market.
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The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), a collective of some of the world’s biggest alcohol producers, has surpassed its 2024 goal of embedding rigorous digital safeguards across thousands of brands worldwide.
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With demand for higher-end whisky flat or declining in mature markets, producers should be looking to foster new demand. Tom Bruce-Gardyne reports.
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