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Explore the latest news stories and press releases from The Gin Guild in this section, including events, product launches and personnel changes within the Gin industry.
Misleading labelling is Hard to Swallow
Drinks retailers need to recognise their obligations to describe products correctly, advises The Gin Guild, as it continues its campaign to challenge “deliberately misleading” labelling of drinks which are wrongly called gin....
Gin industry fights back as Covid-19 and Brexit hit vital exports and imports
The gin industry faced massive challenges in 2020 as the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown restrictions shut down hospitality outlets overnight in the UK and beyond. HMRC figures show UK gin exports dropped by £100 million in 2020 to £572 million, with a 25% drop in...
Staying on top of Intellectual Property
Ciara Cullen, a Partner at international law firm RPC (and a previous Ginposium speaker), and colleagues have issued a helpful reminder and update on intellectual property issues. Whether you are just starting out or launching a new product, there are a wealth of...
Nicholas Cook talks with Tim Parry on talkRADIO
Director General of The Gin Guild, which represents Gin producers in the UK and across the world appears on the talkRADIO show with Mike Parry to discuss the campaign by the Guild to protect the Gin definition in the face of a rise in low or zero alcohol botanical...
A second serving of Ginposium to support the gin industry during second lockdown
With current on-trade closures rounding off an unprecedented and challenging year for the gin industry, The Gin Guild is ‘getting in a second round’ and serving up additional 2020 Ginposium seminar content to help promote innovation and provide inspiration. Ginposium,...
Guidelines for businesses creating low or no alcohol drinks intended to imitate Gin
As part of the ‘Primary Authority’ partnership with The Gin Guild Limited, Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards have issued Primary Authority Advice that is Assured with respects to guidelines provided for businesses creating low or no alcohol drinks intended to imitate Gin.
Gin Guild trade enforcement, a proven role
The Gin Guild, working with the support of our retained Solicitors Birketts LLP, who were instructed and on standby to issue civil legal proceedings, took swift action this month to secure withdrawal of The Pentone Family Ltd’s so called Red Storm Gin and Ocean Storm...
Nosecco’ is a no-no, says the High Court
In recent years, health and wellbeing has been big business in the UK. The COVID-19 outbreak has only further stoked the desire to obtain and maintain healthy minds and bodies and the trend looks set to continue, across the retail sector. In the food and drink...
The show must go on: the Ginposium seminar goes online
Ginposium, the annual gin industry seminar organised by the Gin Guild, and one of the gin industry’s annual highlights, is to be held online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of performing in front of an audience, this year’s keynote speakers have created a...
Dept. for Work and Pensions – Urgent hand sanitiser supply request
This is an urgent request to UK gin distilleries who are, or who can, diversify to produce hand sanitiser for commercial sale. It comes from Sodexo, who are strategic property management partners to the Department for Work and Pensions and a strategic supplier to...
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