UK leading law firm Mills & Reeve in Cambridge has advised Langholm Capital on the acquisition of 120-year-old family-run Purity Soft Drinks.

Greene King’s strong trading momentum continued into the fourth quarter, CEO Rooney Anand has disclosed in a pre-close update.

Aspall, a Suffolk UK cider-maker, is to export its award-winning products to Russia, America, Japan and Europe using new lightweight, recyclable beverage containers made by Petainer, a specialist plastics packaging technology business.

Two Cambridge students have created a new beer targeted at female drinkers and are tilting at international success with the brew.

It is expected there will be yet another tax increase on beer of at least five per cent or around 3p a pint in the Budget – leading to a 7p to 8p price rise at the bar. But according to Steve Murphy, owner of The Old Spring in Cambridge, further increases will result in many more UK pub closures.

A Norfolk brewery is celebrating a record year after reporting over 13 per cent sales growth in 2011.

Cambridge FoodTech is being used by a major European red meat packing business.

UK brewer and pub company Greene King found a festive escape from the global economic gloom with record Christmas sales.

A remarkable new banquet restaurant is set to open at the Riverside Entertainment Centre in Norwich next year – and with 600 covers, it will be the biggest in the region.

Food manufacturing in Corby has been given a major boost with the official opening of a £2 million chilled pastry production site, creating 40 new jobs and the promise of many more to come.

Essex-based milkshake maker Shaken Udder is all set to give its music-mad customers a treat with its latest on-bottle promotion – free downloads from eMusic!

Pursuit Dynamics in Huntingdon – trading as PDX – is hoping to cash in on two innovations by its brewing division.

Robert Garner, chairman of the Traditional Farm Fresh Turkey Association and farmer at Godwick Turkeys in Tittleshall, King’s Lynn has announced three traditional turkey tastings in the region.

A quartet of local organisations are sharing a multi-million pound government windfall designed to stimulate development of healthier, safer and more nutritious food.

Soft drinks manufacturer Britvic saw its share price increase 14.40p (4.67 per cent) to 322.70p after ramping up the revenues in the year to October 2.

Fitzbillies restaurant and cake shop, which was forced to close earlier this year after generations of Cambridge students and hi-tech entrepreneurs gorged on its buns, is back in business. Cheffins’ commercial property team played a crucial role.