From bars to breweries, wine tasting to weekend festivals, there is more opportunity than ever to go somewhere new. Britain is now dotted with an array of pub turned bars, often competing to be that ‘something different’.  Some are doing this successfully, but many fail to establish identity, amongst a blur of bland indifference...

Forgive the pun, but in September last year I wrote a blog post based on conversations with my clients, and feedback from our drinks industry survey. My conclusion was that the beer market in Africa was hot, and was set to get hotter...