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Diageo

  • Splitting the G: Is Diageo gearing up to sell off Guinness?

    Business

    Drinks giant Diageo has announced a huge cost-savings programme which may see it shed brands and jobs. In an update to markets this morning, the Guinness and Johnnie Walker owner said it planned to save $500m (£373m) over the next three years through “appropriate and selective disposals” as well as tighter capital discipline and organic [...]

  • Guinness maker Diageo to offset US tariffs with cost cuts

    Business

    London’s biggest drinks business, Diageo, has unveiled a $500m (£375m) cost-cutting programme as it struggles with the impact of US tariffs. Guinness and Johnnie Walker maker Diageo said it would make the cost savings over the course of three years, but did not confirm how many jobs would be impacted by the move. The firm [...]

  • Cricketing star Ben Stokes takes stake in alcohol-free Cleanco

    Retail

    Cricketing star Ben Stokes OBE has taken a stake in reality tv star Spencer Matthews’ alcohol-free spirits brand Cleanco. Stokes partnership with the firm comes as part of a $5m fundraising round for the brand as it hopes for its first year of cash-flow positivty. Cleanco is also gearing up for global expansion with ambitions [...]

  • UK-India trade deal ‘transformational’ for Scotch whisky market

    May 6, 2025

    The newly-announced trade deal between the UK and India has been lauded as “transformational” in opening Scotch up to the world’s largest whiskey market. Under the terms of the deal, the UK’s 150 per cent tariff on Scotch Whisky will be halved to 75 per cent, with the potential for further reductions in the coming [...]

  • Diageo looks to luxury to drive growth 

    April 22, 2025

    The past three years have been challenging for the global alcohol giant Diageo. The group booked a windfall during the pandemic years as stuck-at-home consumers splashed out on high-end alcohol to drown their sorrows, but this explosive growth soon evaporated.  Diageo, best known for its Guinness and Johnnie Walker scotch whisky brands, struggled against the [...]

  • Weak demand for cognac and spirits pulls down LVMH, Diageo and Pernod

    April 15, 2025

    Weak demand for cognac and spirits has sparked a sell-off of LVMH shares and a dip for other listed luxury brands. Shares in LVMH fell 7.25 per cent in early trade, causing the fashion behemoth to lose its crown to Hermes as the world’s most valuable luxury company. Shares in London spirits maker Diageo and [...]

  • Diageo: Share price rises as investors breathe a sign of relief

    April 3, 2025

    Diageo’s share price rose more than two per cent as investors digested US President Donald Trump’s announcement on tariffs. Trump imposed a sweeping 20 per cent tariff on all EU goods going into the US on 3 April, but only a 10 per cent tariff on UK goods. “The UK is a relative winner from [...]

  •  Trump tariff war set to send cost of Guinness soaring

    March 13, 2025

    Donald Trump’s trade war is set to send the price of Guinness soaring to new highs, a financial expert has warned. Trump’s stand-off with Mexico and Canada, now followed by tariffs on Britain and the EU, is having a knock-on effect that might hit drinkers in the pocket. The price of a pint of Guinness [...]

  • Diageo: Guinness maker warns tariffs could offset recovery

    February 4, 2025

    Drinks giant Diageo has cautioned on the effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on its business, which outperformed analysts’ expectations this year after a significant contraction last year. US tariffs, “whilst anticipated”, could “impact [our] building momentum,” the Guinness-maker’s chief executive Debra Crew said, adding that the levies clouded the company’s ability to predict what would [...]

  • Guinness in focus as Diageo reveals latest trading

    February 2, 2025

    Diageo is set to reveal how Guinness and its major spirit brands performed over the key Christmas period, after ruling out speculation it could sell the Irish stout brand. The London-based, drinks giant is expected to reveal another bumper performance by Guinness, which has been a key strong performer in recent years, becoming the UK’s [...]

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