Cocktail culture lifts drink giants: Diageo and Fevertree sales fizz

Cocktail culture lifts spirits at drink giants: Sales at Diageo and Fevertree fizz as drinkers get creative in lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 January 2021 The rise of cocktail culture in the UK added fizz to the sales of Diageo and … Read more

Drinks giant Diageo says lockdown has driven demand for premium whisky and tequila

Drinks giant Diageo says lockdown has driven demand for premium whisky and tequila with customers creating their own cocktails at home as firm reports surprise growth in sales Diageo reported net sales fell 4.5 per cent to £6.9 billion at the end of 2020 However, organic net sales were up one per cent despite the global … Read more

Diageo buys gin and vodka distillery Chase

Diageo buys gin and vodka distillery Chase, expanding its UK gin business By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:18 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 26 October 2020 Diageo has bought gin and vodka distillery Chase, expanding its UK gin business.  The spirits giant has agreed a deal to snap up … Read more

ITV, KPMG and Diageo are among 20 top firms in race pledge

ITV, KPMG and Diageo are among 20 top firms pledging to have at least one ethnic-minority director on their boards by 2024 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:02 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 26 October 2020 ITV, KPMG and Diageo are among 20 top firms pledging to have at … Read more

Diageo toasts ‘good start’ to its financial year

Diageo toasts ‘good start’ to its financial year after notching up strong sales in the US By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 BST, 28 September 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 28 September 2020 Diageo has toasted a ‘good start’ to its financial year after notching up strong sales in the US.  The … Read more

Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds sells his gin brand to Diageo for £465m

Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds toasts a blockbuster payday after drinks giant Diageo buys his gin brand for £465m By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 17 August 2020 Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds was toasting a massive payday yesterday after the world’s biggest drinks company, Diageo, … Read more

BUSINESS LIVE:  BP slashes dividend; Easyjet raises flight capacity; Diageo profits slide 

BUSINESS LIVE: BP slashes dividend; Easyjet raises flight capacity; Diageo profits slide By This Is Money Published: 08:04 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 08:06 BST, 4 August 2020 BP has slashed its dividend payout to 4p per share. This is the first time it has cut the payment since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, after … Read more

Guinness owner Diageo WILL pay a dividend to its shareholders despite the global lockdown of pubs

Guinness owner Diageo has warned that the mass closure of pubs and restaurants around the world is having a ‘significant’ impact on its business.  While listing its global woes sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the FTSE 100 listed drinks group confirmed it will still pay an interim dividend to its shareholders, but planned share buyback … Read more

Drinks giant Diageo warns it is on course to take a £200m hit from the coronavirus fallout

Drinks giant Diageo warns it’s on course to take a £200m hit from the coronavirus fallout amid bar and restaurant closures FTSE 100 listed group’s share price fell over 4% in early morning trading  Annual profits and sales expected to take a hit from virus fallout, group warns   By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 09:27 … Read more