German discount chain Aldi posted all-time record market share growth in Ireland of nearly 30 per cent for the 12 weeks ending 30 September 2012 according to latest figures released…
LIFESTYLE “VICES†ARE cutting life expectancy and pushing up life insurance premiums, according to insurance company Caledonian Life. The company has cited expert research by the Irish Heart Foundation showing that 39 per cent of Irish adults are overweight and 25 per cent are obese – which is in t
German discount chain Aldi posted all-time record market share growth in Ireland of nearly 30 per cent for the 12 weeks ending 30 September 2012 according to latest figures released by Kantar World panel.
Advertisers selling alcohol or promoting the environmental benefits of their products will soon have less wriggle-room in ambiguous advertisements. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) today (Mon) released its updated code for environmental claims and for the advertising and promotion of alcoh
The Australian National Preventative Health Agency is expected to propose this week that cheap wine be banned from sale in Australia. The idea of a national 'floor price' on alcohol, which would see drinkers made to pay between 8 and 10 dollars for a bottle of grog, has been welcomed by health grou
PLANS to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol in Scotland have been postponed indefinitely by ministers as a result of a growing legal challenge to the controversial move.
THE VINTNERS’ FEDERATION of Ireland has hit out at plans by Diageo to put up the price of a pint. A pint of Guinness as well as Budweiser and Carlsberg is expected to rise by about five cent.
Drunken youngsters who think nothing of drinking a box of bourbon and Coke in one night have sparked a rise in serious assaults, a Christchurch addiction expert says.
Baby boomers take up the lion’s share of NHS spending on alcohol abuse. The first ever map of alcohol-related health costs in England reveals that the 55-74 age band imposes a greater burden on the state than any other age group.
From the Huffington Post UK Time Out magazine has been ordered to cease publishing an advert for "London's Biggest Pub Crawl" after the advertising watchdog declared it was "socially irresponsible".…