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Value Of English Wines Grows 16% To £132 Million

The value of the English wine industry increased last year to £132 million, marking a year-on-year rise in value of 16%, according to research conduc...

Chapter One And Danni Barry Win Big Awards At RAI Ceremony

Ross Lewis's Chapter One scooped the Best Restaurant award at last night's Restaurant Association of Ireland (RAI) awards at the Clayton Hotel. Danni Barr...

Portfolios Taking Whisky Shots With Bets On Barrels Of Booze

Nigel Isherwood was so concerned about the fate of the global financial system last year that he turned to booze. Since July, Isherwood has used a UK-ba...

FSAI Serves One Closure Order And One Prohibition Order In January

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported that one Closure Order and one Prohibition Order were served on food businesses throughout January...

Consumer Spending Shows Strong Growth In December

Total household expenditure rose 6.6% in December 2015 compared with the previous year, according to the latest Visa Europe Ireland Consumer Spending Index...

SFA Concerned Over Stalled Monthly Unemployment Rate

CSO figures released this morning (January 5) reveal that the Monthly Unemployment rate stalled at 8.8% from November to December in 2015, meaning that by...

Beer Brewed With S'mores? Lobster? It's Possible—and Delicious

The “German Beer Purity Law” (Reinheitsgebot) of 1516 codified that beer could only be made with barley, hops, and water (updated to include ye...

Anbang's Deal Spree Leaves It With These Assets Around the Globe

Anbang Insurance Group Co. notched up more than $10 billion of foreign acquisitions during a three-year global takeover binge, a campaign that brought...