Molson Coors has written to customers outlining plans to increase prices by around 7p a pint.More on this story

The government is getting serious about cracking down on binge drinking.More on this story

Cider has shared in a buoyant Christmas trading period for several drinks producers and retailers in the UK, with Aspall joining Magners' owner, C&C Group, in reporting a rise in sales.

Tesco is to be the first retailer to take on a new light-weight wine bottle created by Manchester-based Kingsland Wines and Spirits, the Independent wine solutions company.More on this story

Kingsland is launching what it claims to be the world's lightest screw cap bottle for wine in the UK.

The pruning of Diageo’s beer brands has begun with brewer Guinness GB scrapping failed lager Enigma and transferring the marketing and production of Harp Irish Lager to regional brewer Wolverhampton & Dudley.More on this story

Britain’s biggest supermarkets have criticised Government proposals to introduce a minimum price for alcohol saying it will fail to curb the country’s binge drinking culture.More on this story

Anheuser-Busch InBev brewires across belgium are being blockaded. Workers manned the barricades at plants in Leuven and Jupille after the world's largest brewer announced plans to axe 263 Belgian jobs. Managers were even held hostage for 11 hours last week by angry workers at the Jupiler brewery.More on this story

A premium range of cocktail mixes that already has a strong presence in the US bar scene is on its way to UK shores. The Finest Call range of mixes, which will be distributed in the UK from February this year by Cellar Trends More on this story

Health secretary Andy Burnham told the Daily Telegraph he wanted a minimum price of between 40p-50p to form a central plank of Labour's election manifesto. More on this story