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    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      How much CGT will we pay on our Diageo shares?

      Is it too late to put the shares into a stocks and shares Isa?

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      LexFood & Beverage
      Diageo/AB InBev: spirited specialist has better optics Premium content

      London-listed distiller is well placed for another challenging year

      Bottles of Smirnoff Ice
    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      Food & Beverage
      Diageo and AB InBev toast higher sales as drinkers return to bars

      Lifting of restrictions on hospitality reopens important source of revenues

      A bartender takes a bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky from a shelf
    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      Corporate earnings and results
      Bounceback powers a profits bonanza from mines to main street

      Anglo American, Shell, Diageo and Airbus report bumper earnings despite shadow cast by Delta variant

      Montage of the company logos of Shell, AB InBev and Nestle
    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      Bryce Elder
      Diageo’s cash return plans are no reason for a stiff drink

      Flexibility matters as distiller loads another £3.25bn into its share buyback fund

      Bottles of Diageo-owned Casamigos tequilla
    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      Diageo to resume £4.5bn capital return programme

      Global distiller says profit growth to be above market expectations

      Diageo bottling plant in Leven, Scotland
    • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
      Moira O'Neill
      Pubs, pints and a toast to investment ideas

      A post-lockdown trip to the local offers the chance to sample tempting financial opportunities

    • Saturday, 6 March, 2021
      FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
      Pandemic shift to premium brands leaves drinks makers in high spirits

      Savings on travel and leisure enable housebound consumers to upgrade to high-end bottles

    • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
      LombardLouise Lucas
      Runaway tequila sales make Diageo well worth a shot

      Lockdown cocktails help shake up world’s biggest distiller; rejigged US split plan leaves Prudential looking wounded

    • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
      US tequila drinkers push up sales at Diageo

      Spirits producer defies expectations of drop in revenues as consumers drink more at home

      A woman serves a pint of Guinness in a pub in Dublin. The maker of Guinness, Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka, says net sales rose 1% in the six months to December
    • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
      Climate change
      Diageo turns to barley waste as it sets new emissions targets

      Maker of Johnnie Walker faces bigger challenges in tackling supply chain issues

    • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
      Guinness recalls non-alcoholic stout weeks after launch

      Brewer urges consumers to return cans because of fears over bacterial contamination

    • Monday, 28 September, 2020
      Diageo boosted by drinkers making cocktails at home

      Whisky and tequila maker expects first-half sales to be ahead of previous 6 months

      Bottles of Johnnie Walker, one of the whisky brands owned by Diageo. The group has been helped by younger people preferring to buy spirits over wine and beer
    • Friday, 4 September, 2020
      FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
      Celebrities compete to bottle success with premium beverages

      Hollywood actors and A-list stars battle for shot at developing next big drinks brand

    • Saturday, 29 August, 2020
      Inside LondonBryce Elder
      Diageo faces a tussle between simplicity and virtue

      Liquor sector’s worst performer catches ESG bug while looking to new leadership era

    • Monday, 17 August, 2020
      Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation American Gin agrees $610m sale to Diageo

      UK drinks group strikes deal with Hollywood actor as it pushes on with premium strategy

      Ryan Reynolds will keep an ownership interest in Aviation American and continue marketing the gin over the next decade
    • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
      Diageo in dispute with LVMH over champagne dividend

      UK-based distiller says it has not received a payout for 2019

    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Coronavirus: US daily death toll back above 1,000 — as it happened
      People wearing facemasks carry shopping bags as they walk near Herald Square on June 25, 2020 in New York City. - New York businesses opened their doors to returning waves of workers June 22 as the city that was once the epicenter of the global pandemic marked an important milestone in its return to normalcy, even as other US states were seeing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      AA still bears scars of its last private equity encounter

      Beware PE, but there are few good options; whisky sours at Diageo

      The AA has said it is in talks with three buyout groups over a possible takeover
    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      Diageo takes £1.3bn writedown as coronavirus closes drinking venues

      Distiller reveals 52% tumble in profits as pandemic hits global demand

      London-based Diageo produces Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness stout
    • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
      LexCorporate bonds
      Diageo/corporate bonds: making the grade Premium content

      Blue-chip borrowers are paying much the same as they did in pre-coronavirus times

    • Friday, 10 April, 2020
      News in-depthFood & Beverage
      Global drinks makers race to keep party spirit going

      Brewers and distillers cut costs and boost cash as coronavirus lockdowns force new sales strategies

    • Friday, 10 April, 2020
      Investments
      Diageo remains in play as Saller departs

      Mixed news for spirits group after pubs close but home consumption rises

    • Thursday, 9 April, 2020
      China’s bars and restaurants resume trade, says distiller Diageo

      Maker of Johnnie Walker whisky and Smirnoff vodka highlights slow return of business in the world’s largest drinks market

    • Saturday, 4 April, 2020
      News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
      The workers with no choice but to keep on with the job

      Many staff have no option but to continue heading to warehouses, factories and supermarkets

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