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With alcohol misuse estimated to cost the Scottish economy up to £4.6bn a year, Scottish MPs have voted in favour of a raft of measures thought to be the toughest…

A “First Report” on alcohol recently published by the House of Commons Health Committee made sobering proposals for tighter controls on drink marketing, including a ban on alcohol brands sponsoring…

The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 have been signed off and impact on the advertising, labelling and distribution of Scotch Whisky. Over a hundred distilleries are protected including the Glenlivet, the…

The Portman Group has published a new guide aiming to stop alcohol brands targeting underage consumers or encouraging harmful drinking through digital marketing. Can a socially responsible route be followed?…

HM Govt is consulting on a statutory Code of Practice for Alcohol Retailers. Tight controls over “all you can drink”-style promotions feature and linked new Food Safety Act requirements for…

As a number of people reach for the bottle to mark the end of an alcohol-free January, Frances Vickery considers the impact of a proposed government code on the sale…

It’s been a busy few weeks for UK booze advertisers and marketers, what with the Portman Group issuing its revised Code clamping down on “Down in one” drinking and banning…

The EU is looking to reduce alcohol-related harm in the Union. Its newly-formed “European Alcohol & Health Forum” has industry and marketing stakeholder members and it will be expected to…