London Assembly calls on Mayor to protect local shops
The London Assembly has called on The Mayor of London to give more support what it calls "cornered" shops.
Read more...The London Assembly has called on The Mayor of London to give more support what it calls "cornered" shops.
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Lending to the UK's small business community is in decline, according to figures from the British Bankers Association.
Speaker highlights from the Top Merchants conference held in Bristol on July 19.
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Independent merchants were encouraged to "think big", no matter what size their business, at last month's Top Merchants conference in Bristol.
The wine industry is showing signs of recovery but high-end wine sales are still struggling in 2010, according to Rabobank's latest wine report.
Read more...Wine Australia is celebrating the personalities and places which define Australian wine in the first burst of a new marketing campaign.
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust has put a freeze on the pricing of WSET courses, examinations and materials for the coming academic year.
Dan Jago at Tesco, Justin James of Sainsbury's and Direct Wines' Justin Howard-Sneyd are just three of the big names who will be speaking at Harpers Wine & Spirits' inaugural Global Wine Conference 2010 in London on September 7.
Read more...Independent merchants interested in winning a wine trip to Chile early in 2011 are urged to register their interest by July 16.
Read more...Independent merchants looking for advice on PR, media relations, driving customer loyalty and improving traffic to their websites are urged to sign up to Harpers Wine & Spirit Top Merchants educational seminar being held in Bristol on July 19.
Read more...Independent merchants looking for advice on PR, media relations, driving customer loyalty and improving traffic to their websites are urged to sign up to Harpers Wine & Spirit Top Merchants educational seminar being held in Bristol on July 19.
Read more...The Sake Samurai Association, in partnership with the International Wine Challenge, is offering restaurateurs, journalists and distributors an opportunity to win an all expenses paid trip to Japan.
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The wine industry is looking to join forces to launch a national wine week or month designed to engage the consumer into the category.
The International Wine Challenge has awarded trophies to 111 of the world's best wines, judged for their style, availability and price.
Read more...Angela Mount, Susy Atkins, Wine Intelligence and Matthew Clark are some of the speakers lined up to appear at the Harpers Wine & Spirit Top Merchants educational seminar being held in Bristol on July 19.
Read more...Here on day two of an independent merchant trip round the wineries of Gonzalez Byass Greg Shaw of Hawshead Wines gives his daily update:
Read more...Nicholas Corke from Thomas Peatling and his daily blog during the independent merchants trip around Gonzalez Byass wineries:
Read more...The Coalition government's move to hike VAT to 20% will hit local shops hardest, the Association of Convenience Stores has warned.
Discover the Origin is today launching a new summer initiative to help raise consumer awareness of the European Union campaign to promote products of provenance around the continent.
A group of independent merchants are currently travelling around Spain visiting some of the wineries of producer, Gonzalez Byass. Here Ellie Morgan reports back on what they have seen so far:
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