Diageo is supporting the trade from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis as it faces reopening, announcing a new programme to allow the safe retrieval of kegs from cellars across the UK. The ‘Keg Destruction Programme’ will see Diageo provide a like-for-like replacement of fresh stock for all unbroached kegs. For all broached kegs, Diageo …

Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I, part of AB InBev, has developed a platform to support the on-trade with reclaiming excise on kegs that go out-of-date within the current closure period. The UK Government has committed to refunding the duty on any opened kegs that go out of date during the current lockdown. However, there has been …