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Grupo Mahou – San Miguel and Molson Coors Team Up to Market Carling in Spain

March 5, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Companies Sign Agreement to Distribute the United Kingdom`s Number One Beer
Exclusively in the Spanish Mainland, the Balearic Islands and the Canaries
MADRID–(Business Wire)–
Grupo Mahou – San Miguel announced today that it has reached an agreement with
Molson Coors to distribute and market Carling, the top-selling British beer in
the United Kingdom.

This agreement forms a strategic alliance that strengthens the Grupo Mahou – San
Miguel catalogue. Carling is a quality beer product that is widely accepted by
British consumers who live in or visit Spain, including an estimated 15 million
visitors per year from the British Isles and more than one million British
citizens who own property in Spain.

Grupo Mahou – San Miguel will distribute Carling on the mainland as well as in
the Balearic Islands and the Canaries, both in barrels and cans for the hotel
market.

This distribution caters to British consumers in Spain, supplying them with one
of their most valued beer brands in the UK. In fact, one in four lagers served
in Britain is Carling, totalling 1.65 billion pints consumed per year.

The beer`s success can be attributed to quality ingredients selected through a
meticulous process and the use of special barley with a sweet flavour and a
strong malt taste. The result is a soft and refreshing pint.

“Carling is a leading brand in Europe and the rest of the world, so we are very
proud to distribute it here in Spain. This agreement will help us deliver more
of what our customers want,” said a Grupo Mahou – San Miguel representative. “By
distributing a favourite traditional brand from the United Kingdom – one of the
largest beer markets in the world – we are once again reinforcing our own
leadership in the Spanish market.”

“We are proud to partner with Mahou – San Miguel and excited about the
opportunity to expand the distribution of the UK`s top selling lager to beer
drinkers across Spain. Not only can British visitors to Spain enjoy the same
great taste they have enjoyed for decades back home, but now we can also share
this leading brand with fellow drinkers across this beautiful country,” said
Dave McCarthy, managing director of Europe, Molson Coors International.

“An integral part of Molson Coors` international growth strategy is establishing
these kinds of valued partnerships with leading brewers. We are confident that
extending the Carling brand in Europe`s fourth largest beer market will give us
even greater momentum as we plan for additional partnership opportunities across
Europe and elsewhere around the world,” added McCarthy.

Grupo Mahou – San Miguel

Mahou – San Miguel is the leading brand on the Spanish beer market. The company
markets a wide selection of beers, like Mahou Cinco Estrellas or San Miguel
Especial. In 2004 the group incorporated the Canary Island brand Reina, and
Cervezas Alhambra in 2007. Furthermore, as a brand that backs constant
innovation, it was the first company to launch beverages like San Miguel 0,0%,
the first completely non-alcoholic beer, and San Miguel ECO, made integrally
with organic products. In 2009, so as to encourage its international expansion,
the group signed an agreement with Carlsberg based on two main points: the
Danish company acquired the rights to distribute and market San Miguel in the
United Kingdom and Mahou – San Miguel acquired the rights to do the same with
Grimbergen and Tetley`s in Spain. Finally, in 2009 the brand also entered into
an agreement with Grupo Constellation to distribute Blackthorn and Gaymers
ciders in Spain.

Molson Coors Brewing Company

Molson Coors Brewing Company is a leading global brewer delivering extraordinary
brands that delight the world`s beer drinkers. It brews, markets and sells a
portfolio of leading premium brands such as Carling, Coors Light, Molson
Canadian, Blue Moon, and Keystone Light across North America, Europe and Asia.
It operates in Canada through Molson Coors Canada; in the U.S. through
MillerCoors; and in the UK and Ireland through Molson Coors UK. For more
information on Molson Coors Brewing Company and our portfolio of brands, visit
the company’s Web site, www.molsoncoors.com.

Grupo Mahou – San Miguel
Beatriz Herrera – Sergio Guillermo
Communications Dept.
915 269 363 / 639 180 980 / 659 302 083
bherreram@mahou-sanmiguel.com
sguillermod@mahou-sanmiguel.com
or
Molson Coors Brewing Company
Colin Wheeler
Director, External Communications
303-927-2443
Colin.wheeler@molsoncoors.com

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Stop blaming Pakistan for ‘home grown’ terror plots, Qureshi tells UK

September 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has asked Britain to stop blaming Islamabad for the ‘home grown’ terror plots against the UK.

Referring to Britain’s lashing out at Pakistan on the liquid bomb plot issue, Qureshi said it was unfair to criticize Pakistan for every terror plot hatched in Britain.

“It is easy to pass the buck, but they (liquid bomb plotters) were British citizens. They went to school here, they are part of the British system, and they live here. If they do something extraordinary is it fair that Pakistan should be blamed?” The Independent quoted Qureshi, as saying.

Pakistan has been critical of Britain’s accusations and has objected to allegations regarding it not doing enough to counter the expanding reach of the extremists based in the country’s tribal region.

A top Pakistani diplomat recently reacted strongly to Britain’s accusations regarding Pakistan harbouring extremists plotting to attack the UK.

The diplomat charged Britain of not doing enough to tackle home grown terrorists and treating Pakistan as a “whipping boy”.

“Sometimes for our British friends the truth is bitter. We have somehow turned out to be a ‘whipping boy’, there is a long history to that. The British need to search their own house,” the diplomat had said.

It may be recalled that Prime Minister Gordon Brown, during his Islamabad visit earlier this year, had said: “Three-quarters of the most serious plots investigated by the British authorities have links to Al-Qaida in Pakistan.”

Brown’s statement had angered Pakistani leadership and strained relationship between two countries, but things normalized later with President Asif Ali Zardari visit to the UK. (ANI)

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Brown does a U-turn, vows to support IRA victims suing Libya

September 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sep. 7 (ANI): Hours after refusing to get involved in the issue, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has vowed to support IRA victims’ families in their fight to get compensation from Libya.

He declared that he would set up teams of Foreign Office officials dedicated to helping victims and their loved ones sue Libya.

“I care enormously about the impact of all IRA atrocities on the victims, their families and friends,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.

Earlier, Brown had written to the families’ lawyers saying a compensation bid would be fruitless, and insisted that it was more important to keep Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi as a friend on terrorism and trade.

However, he took a U-turn after his letter surfaced.

But his move added fuel to the lingering row over the Lockerbie bomber, in which critics claim terminally-ill Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was freed to protect oil and trade deals with Libya.

“I believe the reason why the Government is not asking Libya for an apology or compensation is because of one oil deal with BP. I really believe that. It breaks my heart if we are doing deals for oil with the lives of British citizens,” said Jonathan Ganesh, who was injured in the 1996 Docklands bomb in London.

Furious campaigners pointed out that former US President George Bush forced a 1.5 billion dollar compensation settlement for terror victims out of Gaddafi, despite threats of an end to trade deals with America.

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: “The Prime Minister’s announcement is a stunning admission that the Government has failed to support the families of the victims of IRA terrorism in their pursuit of compensation from Libya.”

On Sunday, cancer specialist Professor Karol Sikora revealed that Libya’s government had paid to say that Megrahi had just three months to live.

He confirmed he had originally given the terror convict one year to live. But he later changed his mind when he was told he would only be freed if his life expectancy was three months or less. (ANI)

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Croatia demands explanation of Britain’s warnings to its citizens

April 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Zagreb – Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday send a note to the British embassy in Zagreb demanding an explanation of the Foreign Office’s warning to British citizens to wary of a threat from organized crime in Croatia.

“Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the British embassy in Zagreb to explain such warnings and publish an objective image of Croatia,” Croatian foreign affairs ministry spokesman Mario Dragun told the German Press Agency dpa.

British broadcaster BBC published a report citing a warning from the British Foreign Office of “an underlying threat from terrorism and organized crime in Croatia.”

The text, which was quoted by all the media in Croatia, outraged the Adriatic country where tourism generates almost 20 per cent of gross domestic product.

“We believe that the text published by BBC is completely vicious and biased,” Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic told reporters.

Croatia’s Adriatic coastline is a popular destination among tourists looking for an alternative to Greece and Italy. (dpa)

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Most terror plots in UK have roots in Pakistan

April 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

As British anti-terror police interrogated 11 Pakistanis on Friday over what Prime Minister Gordon Brown called a “major terrorist plot”, security sources have indicated that at least three quarters of terrorist plots under investigation in the UK have their roots in Pakistan.

While Afghanistan was seen as the training ground of terrorists in the aftermath of the September 2001 attacks, recent experience has shown that an increasing number of Al-Qaida extremists are being trained across the border in the tribal areas in north west of Pakistan.

The alleged plot to bomb shopping centres in Manchester during this Easter holiday has been linked by MI5, Britain’s intelligence agency, to two Al-Qaida suspects in Pakistan – Briton Rashid Rauf and Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of Pakistan’s Taliban movement.

An estimated 4,000 British Muslims have been trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan, and with 400,000 British citizens visiting Pakistan each year, there are fears many more will become radicalised, The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.

Monitoring of visitors has intensified, which has raised the possibility of a change in tactics by terrorists, using Pakistani nationals who may not be so closely watched when they visit Britain.

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Three-quarters of all UK terror plots originate from Pakistan: Report

April 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Apr.10 (ANI): Following the 9/11 incident the world saw Afghanistan as the hub of worldwide terrorism, but now the focus has shifted to Pakistan which experts believe is the origin of three-quarters of all terror plots.

A report in The Telegraph states that at least three out of every four terror plots in Britain, which are being probed now, have Pakistani roots.

The report also mentions that out of four men who were involved in the July 2005 London serial bomb blasts, three were trained in Pakistan.

They received military as well as religious training in the country.

Mohammed Siddique Khan, who headed the London bombing plot had visited Pakistan several times, his video captured by CCTV cameras at the Karachi Airport in 2004 is a testimony to the fact.

What is more worrying for the authorities is that about 4,000 young British Muslims have been trained in terrorist camps based in Pakistan, and with an estimated 400,000 British citizens visiting Pakistan each year, the danger of many being radicalized by the outlawed groups increases manifold.

There is an urgent need for British authorities to make the visa application process stringent, so that the extremists do not take advantage of the loopholes. (ANI)

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Tamil protestors in London in ceasefire call

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London – Hundreds of Tamils Tuesday protested outside parliament in London demanding an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka and an end to alleged human rights abuses by the government in its offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.

Minor scuffles broke out as police moved protestors into the centre of Parliament Square and an adjoining green to clear traffic after demonstrators had occupied nearby Westminster Bridge overnight.

But the protest, which started off involving about 3,000 Monday, had dwindled to several hundred by Tuesday.

Rescue boats remained on standby after demonstrators threatened to jump into the Thames from Westminster Bridge. One man was rescued and taken to hospital after jumping into the icy water early Tuesday.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said the police were trying to minimise disruption by moving the protestors off the roads.

He said participants failed to give notice of the demonstration and had waved flags showing the emblem of the Tamil Tigers, which is banned in Britain as a terrorist organization.

According to the United Nations, some 150,000 people are trapped in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone while Tamils claim they are victims of human rights abuses.

Sri Lanka’s government has rejected calls for a ceasefire with the Tamil Tiger rebel group, which wants independence.

Suren Surendiran, of the British Tamils Forum, said the protestors wanted the British government to act.

“As British citizens, they want the UK government to act. Rather than just calling for a ceasefire, they should go to the UN security council to demand one,” he said.(dpa)

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‘Charities Should Get Taxpayer Bail-Out’

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Charities should be compensated by the Government for the money they lost when the Icelandic banking system collapsed last year, say MPs. Skip related content
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The Treasury Select Committee says it is “imperative” that charities, which lost an estimated £120m, should be supported with a one-off bail-out of taxpayers’ cash.

Many charities are too big to be classed as retail depositors under the Government’s deposit insurance scheme and are faced with trying to get back funds from the banks’ administrators.

The committee also called on the Government to provide charities with further statutory guidance on managing their finances.

But MPs said it would be “perverse” to compensate local authorities, which lost almost £1bn, after some had ignored warnings about Iceland’s banks.

The Icelandic government had to nationalise three banks after the trio racked up debts equivalent to six times the country’s national output.

Chancellor Alistair Darling stepped in to guarantee savers in the UK arms of Icelandic banks Landsbanki and Kaupthing, but no help has been given to those with off-shore accounts.

MPs recognised the “severe distress” of those savers hit by the crisis, but stopped short of recommending a bail-out for savers with deposits in Landsbanki’s Guernsey arm and Kaupthing’s Isle of Man operation.

“The overarching principle should be that the UK Government cannot provide cover for deposits held by British citizens in jurisdictions outside the direct control of the UK,” the committee said.

John Low, chief executive of the Charities Aid Foundation, said: “We are thrilled with the recommendations of this influential committee.

“They have listened sympathetically to the evidence CAF gave and recognised the injustice of the situation.”

But Margaret Eaton, chairman of the Local Government Association, reacted with dismay, saying: “There must be a consistent and fair approach to compensation.”

A Treasury spokesman said: “The Treasury will consider the Select Committee’s report carefully and respond in due course.”

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British celebrities’ assets seized under draconian California law

April 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Los Angeles (US), Apr. 3 (ANI): California has used a draconian law to seize millions of pounds worth of assets belonging to Britons, including some of the biggest names in show business. ame Helen Mirren has fallen victim to legislation that allows the Californian Government to take possession of bank accounts, stocks and the contents of security deposit boxes if they are dormant for longer than three years. part from Mirren, the others who have fallen victim to the law are Kate Winslett, Clive Owen, Sir Michael Caine and the Irish actor Colin Farrell.

The law has affected thousands of British citizens. More than 1,300 individuals from London alone believed to have assets claimed by the “Golden state”, an investigation by ITV1′s Tonight programme has revealed.

State records seen by The Daily Telegraph reveal a number of high-profile names whose property is now in the hands of the state.

While the sums lost are not likely to dent the fortunes of their celebrity owners, they have been seized without any notification. If they were property held in deposit boxes, rather than cash, they may have been sold by the state and their value cannot be reclaimed once they discover it is missing.

Clive Owen has had five unclaimed amounts seized, with a total value of 4,658.84 dollars, while Colin Farrell has lost 1,113.93 dollars. The British actress Thandie Newton and Americans Angelina Jolie and Reese Witherspoon have also fallen victim to the law.

Bill Palmer, an American lawyer leading a class-action lawsuit against California – which has major financial problems – is representing six million people from around the world who have allegedly had money or stocks seized under the Unclaimed Property Law.

Palmer claims that California has failed in its obligation to make “reasonable” attempts to contact the owners of assets before state appropriation takes place. (ANI)

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UK Govt. ‘failed to stop torture of three Britons in Pak’

March 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Mar. 18 (ANI): The UK Government has come under fire for reportedly failing to stop the torture of three Britons in Pakistan despite repeatedly being asked for assistance.
Birmingham based Fazal Hussain, 56, along with his two sons Naheem, 24, and Rehan Zaman, 24, were arrested for their alleged role in the killings of two members of their extended family in Pakistan occupied Kashmir in 2004.

“They beat us by kicking, sticks and any other way. They would never stop beating me and my son. They would not let us sleep and they did not give us any food or water. A British embassy representative, who visited us, was shown evidence of our treatment, but he said ‘I can’t do anything’,” The Daily Telegraph quoted, Hussain as saying.

The men were also forced to watch each other being tortured, which Hussain described as worse than enduring his own beatings.

“For hours, my son was on the floor, with two policemen – one holding his legs, one holding his arms – and a third one standing on his stomach, kicking. I was right in front of my son,” he said.

Zaman also had cigarettes put out on his wrists and one of his fingernails extracted.
After Hussain was forced to sign a confession, and his father bribed the police chief more than 11,000 pounds, he and Zaman were charged with the murders.

“I have lost my whole life, I’m not able to work. I just want to get my son back here. I appeal to Britain: we are British citizens – do something, please,” Hussain pleaded.

The Foreign Office told the legal group representing the British men that it had been warned by a Pakistani lawyer representing the men, not to intervene over their treatment.

“We’ve got to make sure that the Government adopts a policy that when someone is going through an ongoing process of torture, there are immediate steps taken to stop it,” Director of Reprieve, Clive Stafford-Smith, said. ritish Foreign Office’s apparent willingness to obey the “lawyer” raised questions over the security of Britons travelling abroad, he said. (ANI)

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Migrants coming to Britain will have to pay ‘immigration tax’

January 15, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

London, Jan.15 (ANI): The British Government has announced that migrants coming to Britain will have to pay an”immigration tax” to help communities cope.

According to The Telegraph, the tax could be as little as 20 pounds, as part of plans to make newcomers earn their stay.
The paper says that the levy will be put on visa fees for foreigners as a contribution towards the schools, hospitals and other services they use but critics warn it will make little difference.

Tens of thousands of migrants who want to be British citizens each year will also be “fast tracked” to settlement if they carry out voluntary or community work, under the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship Bill.

The moves could see up to 250,000 extra foreigners handed a passport every year as Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, signalled she wants every migrant looking to settle tin the UK to apply for citizenship.

The levy was first announced last year and is expected to come in to force from April. (ANI)

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