In Brief.

(From Off Licence News)

Durham leads sales Buckingham Vintners has appointed Craig Durham sales director. Durham, who has been with the company for four years, will lead a four-strong team of national account managers while maintaining responsibility for his existing accounts, including Morrisons, Co-op and Nisa-Today.

Fladgate buys up ports The Fladgate Partnership has bought a quarter of the stock owned by the Casa do Douro. Fladgate - which owns Taylor's, Fonseca, Croft and Delaforce ports - agreed to purchase the stock, mostly ports of between seven and 11 years old, in a deal which was signed at the end of December. The Casa do Douro had high levels of unsold port, Fladgate said in a statement.

Portman code goes live New rules concerning the marketing of alcohol have officially come into force under the Portman Group's fourth code of practice. The rules ban alcohol branding on children's replica sports shirts and advertising that encourages consumers to drink rapidly or down their drinks in one. Light for light The Waste & Resources Action Programme is researching whether lightweighting glass bottles can increase the risk of light-strike in beers. Too much exposure to light can give beers "skunky", off-flavours. 'Star' employee retires Parfetts Cash & Carry has praised "star employee" Maureen Sykes, Go Local advisor at its ...