The Drinks Business
23 February 2021 By Arabella Mileham
With much of 2020 having been a write-off for trade fairs and exhibitions, organisers are hoping that 2021 will prove to be more successful, embracing digital and physical hybrids to evolve the format in a post-pandemic world.
Vinexpo Bordeaux: picture credit: Jean Bernard Nadeau
Following the emergence of the Covid-19 virus early last year, 2020’s packed trade show calendar collapsed as governments around the world restricted travel and locked down entire countries, meaning the hospitality sector was forced to close its doors. With new virus strains emerging and restrictions once more in place, has the 2021 trade show comeback been thrown into jeopardy?
The Drinks Business
22 February 2021 By Arabella Mileham
Accolade Wine has backed the Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), which is due to come into force next summer.
Accolade Wines is Scotland’s largest wine supplieas well as to hospitality businesses across the UK, with brands including Hardys, Jam Shed, Mud House, Banrock Station, Echo Falls and Kumala. It has become a founding partner in the scheme, which will be rolled out on 1 July 2022.
Scotland will be the first part of the UK to introduce a DRS for drinks containers, which aims to increase the number of drinks containers that are recycled, to redue litter, and protect the environment. Consumers will pay a 20p deposit on an eligible single-use container which they get back when they return empty drinks bottles and cans to a return point. The Scottish government is currently finalising the details postponing the scheme to allow stakeholders more time to prepare for roll-out.
The lockdown of the hospitality sector in England could be eased in late April with further restrictions easing in mid-May, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce this afternoon.