Tiktok pledges three-stage age checks as it pilots alcohol sales Tech Tiktok will strictly enforce age checks to block under-18s from buying or even viewing alcohol on Tiktok Shop, Morning Wire understands, as it expands into one of retail’s most tightly regulated categories. The social media giant said its ecommerce platform is strictly for adults and that alcohol sales are being piloted only with a small [...]
Old Spanish Hen? Estrella snaps up Greene King beer brand in UK expansion Hospitality The British arm of Spanish beer giant Estrella is set to snap up Greene King’s iconic Old Speckled Hen beer as it continues to expand in the UK. Damm UK, the British arm of Barcelona based brewer S.A. Damm – which owns Estrella – will take on the entire line of Old Speckled Hen beers, [...]
Ben Ainslie on America’s Cup, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and backing Ineos Britannia Sport Ineos Britannia is a boat designed to do something Great Britain has never done before: win the America’s Cup. It is the oldest international sporting trophy in the world and is very, very expensive to win – an America’s Cup boat can cost upwards of $10m. Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has put his considerable [...]